Vainutas

Vainutas
Town

Seal
Vainutas
Coordinates: LT 55°21′50″N 21°52′0″E / 55.36389°N 21.86667°E / 55.36389; 21.86667
Country  Lithuania
County Klaipėda County
Population (2001)
  Total 993
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Vainutas is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 993 people.[1]

History

During the Second World War, the Jewish community was assassinated in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen.[2] There is a monument on the site of the massacre.

References

  1. "2001 census" (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  2. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/164/


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