Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality,

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, east

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. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 457 people.

History

The town has a Catholic church and a synagogue. Želva is the birthplace of

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winner

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. On July 26 and 27, 1941, the Jews of the town were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an

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and local Lithuanian collaborators. 60 people were killed.

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History

See also

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