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Semeliškės

Semeliškės
Town
Flag of Semeliškės
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Coat of arms of Semeliškės
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Semeliškės is located in Lithuania
Semeliškės
Semeliškės
Location of Semeliškės in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°40′08″N 24°39′22″E / 54.66889°N 24.65611°E / 54.66889; 24.65611
Country Lithuania
County Vilnius County
MunicipalityElektrėnai municipality
EldershipSemeliškės eldership
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
516
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Semeliškės is a town in Elektrėnai municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 580 people.[1] The town has a church of Catholics and Orthodox church of St. Nicolas.

Its alternate names include Sameliškės, Semelishkes, Semelishkis, Semeliškių, Sumelishki, Sumilishki, Siemieliszki, and Sumiliszk.[2]

History

Memorial at the execution site of the Jews of the town.

On October 6, 1941, 962 Jews of the town were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of local policemen and Lithuanian collaborators.[3]

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. ^ United States Board of Geographic Names - Semeliškės. Accessed January 23, 2014.
  3. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".


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