Adutiškis (; pl, Hoduciszki; be, Гадуцішкі) is a town in Švenčionys district municipality, in

Vilnius County Vilnius County ( lt, Vilniaus apskritis) is the largest of the 10 counties of Lithuania, located in the east of the country around the city Vilnius. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Vilnius County re ...

, in northeast

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. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 689 people. The town is located near Kamaja river, and at the border with

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. There are the Church of St. Virgin Mary Scapular, built in 1913, Adutiškis Secondary School, customs office, post office and retirement home in Adutiškis

History

In autumn of 1941, the Jews from the town were taken to the Švenčionėliai military training ground and executed along with other Jews of the Švenčionys district. This crime was perpetrated by an ''

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'' of Adutiškis policemen.

References

Belarus–Lithuania border Towns in Lithuania Towns in Vilnius County Sventsyansky Uyezd Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) Holocaust locations in Lithuania Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust {{VilniusCounty-geo-stub