Vyžuonos ( pl, Wiżuny) is a town in
Utena County,
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 512 people.
History
In July 1941, 67 Jews of the city were massacred 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 ...
in Vyžuonos forest.
There is a memorial at the location of the massacre.
References
External links
* http://www.vyzuonos.lt/
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Utena County
Vilkomirsky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Lithuania
Utena District Municipality
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