Padubysis

Padubysis
Village
Padubysis

Location of Padubysis

Coordinates: 55°33′43″N 23°04′37″E / 55.56194°N 23.07694°E / 55.56194; 23.07694Coordinates: 55°33′43″N 23°04′37″E / 55.56194°N 23.07694°E / 55.56194; 23.07694
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Šiauliai County
Municipality Kelmė District Municipality
Eldership Loliai eldership
Population (2011)
  Total 24
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Padubysis is a village in the Kelmė District Municipality in Lithuania.

History

Before World War II, the village was a shtetl, the majority of the inhabitants were Jews until the German invasion of Russia in June 1941.[1] On August 15 and 16, 1941, 120 Jews from Padubysis and the nearby villages of Lyduvėnai and Bulavėnai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local Lithuanian collaborators. [2] A stele has been erected on the site of the massacre.

References

  1. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. "YAHAD - IN UNUM". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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