Geruliai is a village located in the Telšiai District Municipality, 10 kilometers from Telšiai,

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. According to the census of 2001, the village has a population of 95.

History

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, in summer 1941, 1,500 to 2,000 Jews from local shtetls were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an

Einsatzgruppen (, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the im ...

of Lithuanian policemen.

References

{{Telsiai County Villages in Telšiai County Telšiai District Municipality Holocaust locations in Lithuania