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Kalnujai

Coordinates: 55°19′41″N 23°5′38″E / 55.32806°N 23.09389°E / 55.32806; 23.09389
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Kalnujai
Village
Church of Saint Victor in Kalnujai
Church of Saint Victor in Kalnujai
Flag of Kalnujai
Coat of arms of Kalnujai
Kalnujai is located in Lithuania
Kalnujai
Kalnujai
Location of Kalnujai
Coordinates: 55°19′41″N 23°5′38″E / 55.32806°N 23.09389°E / 55.32806; 23.09389
Country Lithuania
CountyKaunas County
MunicipalityRaseiniai District Municipality
Population
 (2021)
 • Total392
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kalnujai is a village in Raseiniai District Municipality in Lithuania with a population of 402 inhabitants (2011).[1]

History

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During the summer of 1941, an Einsatzgruppen of German and Lithuanian nationalists murdered the Jews of the nearby town of Raseiniai and the surroundings on a site in Kalnujai. Hundred of Jews died in the mass executions.[2] A memorial is built on the site of the massacre.

References

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  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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