Pilviškiai
Pilviškiai ( pl, Pilwiszki, yi, פילווישאָק ''Pilveshok'') is a town in Vilkaviškis district municipality and in Marijampolė County History In the Jewish world, it was known historically for its learned population, 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 ''Einsatzgruppen, 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). Gallery File:PilviskiaiCOAold.jpg, Old coat of arms File:Pilviskiai railway station.jpg, Railway station File:Pilviškiai1.JPG File:Pilviškių metodistų bažnyčia.JPG, Methodist church File:Šešupė1.JPG, The Šešupė river near Pilviškiai References External linksMap travelingluck.comlisting on jewishgen.org
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Šešupė
The Šešupė (; ; ; ) is a 298 km long riverStatistical Yearbook of Lithuania 2014
p. 12 that flows through (27 km), (158 km), and (62 km). The river flows for 51 km along the border between the