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Pilviškiai

Coordinates: 54°43′20″N 23°13′20″E / 54.72222°N 23.22222°E / 54.72222; 23.22222
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Pilviškiai
Town
Coat of arms of Pilviškiai
Coat of arms
Pilviškiai is located in Lithuania
Pilviškiai
Pilviškiai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°43′20″N 23°13′20″E / 54.72222°N 23.22222°E / 54.72222; 23.22222
Country Lithuania
County Marijampolė County
MunicipalityVilkaviškis district municipality
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,305
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pilviškiai (Polish: Pilwiszki, Yiddish: פילווישאָק Pilveshok) is a town in Vilkaviškis district municipality and in Marijampolė County

History

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In the Jewish world, it was known historically for its learned population,[1] served among others by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg.

In August 1941, the Jewish men of Pilviškiai district were shot. The mass murder was perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe of Germans and Pilviškiai self-defence police unit. The victims were about 300 to 350 Jewish men and several dozen Soviet activists (including a group of girls from the Communist Youth organization).[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Mishmar: A Typical Lithuanian Shtetl - by Rav Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg".
  2. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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