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

Švenčionys district municipality Švenčionys District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Švenčionys district municipality is twinned with the following towns: * Świdnica, Poland See also *Švenči ...

, 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 Lithuania. 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

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

. 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 Švenčionėliai () is a city in Švenčionys district municipality, Lithuania. It is 10 km west of Švenčionys Švenčionys (, known also by several alternative names) is a town located north of Vilnius in Lithuania. It is the capital ...

military training ground and executed along with other Jews of the Švenčionys district. This crime was perpetrated by an '' Einsatzgruppen'' of Adutiškis policemen.

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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