Tryškiai ( sgs, Trīškē, pl, Tryszki) is a small town in

Telšiai district municipality Telšiai District Municipality ( lt, Telšių rajono savivaldybė, Samogitian: ''Telšiū rajuona savivaldībė'') is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania, containing the city of Telšiai Telšiai (; Samogitian: ''Telšē'') is a city in Lit ...

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with a population of about 1,000.

History

In late July 1941, 70 to 80 Jewish men were killed in a mass execution 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 Germans and Lithuanian nationalists. Two weeks later the Jewish women and children of the town were sent to the

Žagarė Žagarė (, see also other names) is a city located in the Joniškis district, northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia. It has a population of about 2,000, down from 14,000 in 1914, when it was the 7th largest city in Lithuania. Žag ...

ghetto where they were murdered during the

ghetto A ghetto, often called ''the'' ghetto, is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, especially as a result of political, social, legal, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished t ...

liquidation.

References

Historic Jewish communities in Lithuania Towns in Lithuania Towns in Telšiai County Shavelsky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Lithuania {{TelšiaiCounty-geo-stub

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