Upyna (,
Samogitian: ''Opīna'') is a small town in
Å ilalÄ— district municipality
Å ilalÄ— (; Samogitian dialect, Samogitian: ''Å Ä—lalÄ—'', ) is a city in western Lithuania, Samogitia, TauragÄ— County. It is located north of TauragÄ—. The River Lokysta flows through the town and there is a pond in the centre of the town.
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,
TauragÄ— County
TauragÄ— County (Lithuanian language, Lithuanian: ''TauragÄ—s apskritis'') is one of ten counties of Lithuania, counties in Lithuania. It is in the west of the country, and its capital is TauragÄ—. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was ...
, in western
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...
. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 375 people.
History
In 1941, 100 Jews were massacred in a mass execution by an
Einsatzgruppen
(, ; also 'task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the imp ...
.
There is a small memorial at the execution site.
Gallery
File:UpynosMokykla.jpg, School
File:Upynosbaznycia.JPG, Church
References
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in TauragÄ— County
Rossiyensky Uyezd
Holocaust locations in Lithuania
Å ilalÄ— District Municipality
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