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Macikai
Macikai is a village in Šilutė District Municipality, Lithuania, 2 km east of Šilute. The village is within the . The river flows around Macikai along its northwestern and northeastern edges. [Macikai]
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History
Early metntions about Macikai are dated by the 16th century. In 17th century, the was established on the left bank of Šyša. [
When in Province of Prussia, the village name was Matzicken.
During 1939–1955 there were German and Soviet Macikai POW and GULAG Camps by the village.][
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Notable people
*Hermann Sudermann (1857 – 1928), Mennonite writer was born and lived for some time in Matzicken, in the outbuilding of the Macikai Manor.[Sudermann, Hermann, ''Das Bilderbuch meiner Jugend, Roman einer Zeit'', , 2009]
* (1930 - 2012), ...
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Macikai POW And GULAG Camps
Macikai POW and GULAG Camps is the complex of prisoner-of-war camp and forced labor camps located near the village og Macikai (Matzicken) in German-occupied Lithuania and later, the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuanian SSR. The camp was opened and operated by Nazi Germany (1939–1944), and later became a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp No. 184 (1945–1948), finally transforming into a Soviet GULAG forced-labour camp (1945–1955).
History
In the 17th century, Macikai was home to an estate manor, famous for its brewery. After the incorporation of Klaipėda Region into Lithuania in 1924, the Defence Ministry purchased some of the buildings of the former Macikai manor near Šilutė and repurposed them to use as barracks for the 7th Infantry Regiment (Lithuania), 7th Infantry Regiment's 2nd Battalion.
Nazi period
After the region was annexed by Germany in 1939, the barracks became ''Stalag 331'', a German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II, POW camp. Later, it was ren ...
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