Skaudvilė

Skaudvilė
Town
Coat of arms of Skaudvilė
Coat of arms
Skaudvilė is located in Lithuania
Skaudvilė
Skaudvilė
Location of Skaudvilė
Coordinates: 55°24′27″N 22°34′57″E / 55.40750°N 22.58250°E / 55.40750; 22.58250
CountryLithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyTauragė County
MunicipalityTauragė district municipality
EldershipSkaudvilė eldership
Capital ofSkaudvilė eldership
First mentioned1760
Granted city rights1950
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
1,410
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Skaudvilė (pronunciationⓘ, Samogitian: Skaudvėlė) is a town in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located 26 km (16 mi) north-east of Tauragė.

History

During World War II, the town was under Soviet occupation from 1940, and then under German occupation from 1941 to 1944. In August 1941, the Jewish community of the town was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe. 300 Jews were killed.[1]

  • Skaudvilė police station
    Skaudvilė police station
  • Skaudvilė special school
    Skaudvilė special school
  • Exposures in Skaudvilė
    Exposures in Skaudvilė
  • Skaudvilė gymnasium
    Skaudvilė gymnasium

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skaudvilė.
  1. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".


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