Rozalimas

Town

Coat of arms

Rozalimas

Location in Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°53′30″N 23°53′0″E / 55.89167°N 23.88333°ECoordinates: 55°53′30″N 23°53′0″E / 55.89167°N 23.88333°E

Population (2001)

• Total

928

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Rozalimas is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 928.

History

The village had an important Jewish community before the Holocaust in Lithuania.^[1] After the German invasion of Lithuania in June 1941, Lithuanian nationalists took over local rule. They murdered some of their Jewish neighbors. The rest were transferred to neighboring Pakruojus, and there murdered together with the local Jews on August 4, 1941.^[2]

References

This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.

Šiauliai County

Municipalities	Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šiauliai (city) Šiauliai (district)

Cities	Akmenė Joniškis Kelmė Kuršėnai Linkuva Naujoji Akmenė Pakruojis Radviliškis Šeduva Šiauliai Tytuvėnai Užventis Venta Žagarė

Towns	Baisogala Bazilionai Grinkiškis Gruzdžiai Kairiai Karklėnai Klovainiai Kražiai Kriukai Kruopiai Kurtuvėnai Kužiai Lioliai Lygumai Meškuičiai Palonai Papilė Pašilė Pašušvys Pašvitinys Pociūnėliai Rozalimas Šakyna Šaukėnai Šaukotas Šiaulėnai Sidabravas Skaistgirys Tyruliai Vadaktai Žalpiai Žeimelis

Villages	Alkiškiai Barysiai Burbiškis Daubiškiai Kivyliai Kolainiai Minaičiai Padubysis Pašiaušė Pociūnai Sablauskiai Šiupyliai

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