Å aukÄ—nai is a village in
Å iauliai County
Å iauliai County () is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is in the north of the country, and its capital is Å iauliai. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Å iauliai County remains as a territorial a ...
in northern-central
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 ...
. In 2011 it had a population of 596.
Šaukėnai has Šaukėnų Holy Trinity masonry church (built in 1989), a high school, a library, a post office (ZIP code: 86043), an ethnography museum and Šaukėnai manor with park.
History
On July 31, 1941, 273 to 300 Jews from the village were murdered 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 ...
of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists in a mass execution.
They were mostly men, the women and children were taken to
Žagarė
Žagarė (, see also #Etymology, other names) is a city located in the Joniškis district, northern Lithuania, close to the border with Latvia. It has a population of about 2,000, down from 14,000 in 1914, when it was the 7th largest city in Lith ...
ghetto
A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group are concentrated, especially as a result of political, social, legal, religious, environmental or economic pressure. Ghettos are often known for being more impoverished than other ...
.
References
Towns in Lithuania
Towns in Å iauliai County
Holocaust locations in Lithuania
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