Upyna ( pl, Upina, Samogitian: ''Opīna'') is a small town in

Šilalė district municipality Šilalė District Municipality ( lt, Šilalės rajono savivaldybė, Samogitian: ''Šėlalės rajuona savivaldībė'') is a municipality in Tauragė County, Lithuania. Seniūnijos (Elderships or Wards) The Šilalė district municipality cont ...

Tauragė County Tauragė County ( Lithuanian: ''Tauragės apskritis'') is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Tauragė Tauragė (; see other names) is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of ...

, in western

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 375 people.

History

In 1941, 100 Jews were massacred in a mass execution 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 ...

. There is a small memorial at the execution site.

Gallery

File:UpynosMokykla.jpg, School File:Upynosbaznycia.JPG, Church

References

Towns in Lithuania Towns in Tauragė County Rossiyensky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Lithuania Šilalė District Municipality {{TauragėCounty-geo-stub