Dusetos () is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Zarasai district municipality Zarasai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It borders with Latvia and Belarus. It has significant Russian minority population in Lithuania, with sixth of the population claiming Russian ethnicity. Local government u ...

, northeastern

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 ...

, west of

Zarasai Zarasai () is a city in northeastern Lithuania, surrounded by many lakes and rivers: to the southwest of the city is Lake Zarasas, to the northLake Zarasaitis, to the southeastLake Baltas, and the eastLake Griežtas. Lakes Zarasaitis and Griežtas ...

, near Lake Sartai.

History

According to the 1923 census, 704 Jews were living in the town. As a result of out-migration in the 1920s and 1930s, the number of Jews in the town decreased to around 500 by 1939. On August 26, 1941, Jews of Dusetos, together with the Jews of

were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by forces of

Einsatzkommando During World War II, the Nazi German ' were a sub-group of the ' (mobile killing squads) – up to 3,000 men total – usually composed of 500–1,000 functionaries of the SS and Gestapo, whose mission was to exterminate Jews, Polish intellect ...

3, assisted by the Lithuanian police. A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.

Notable people

List of notable people who were born or have lived in Dusetos *

Faustas Latėnas Faustas Latėnas (16 May 19563 November 2020) was a Lithuanian composer, theatre manager, politician and diplomat. He composed mostly incidental music, and also scores for films and television. He was vice-minister of the Lithuanian Ministry of C ...

- composer, theatre manager, politician, and diplomat *

Šarūnas Sauka Šarūnas Sauka (born 11 September 1958 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a postmodern painter. His father is an eminent Lithuanian philologist Donatas Sauka. In 1989, he was awarded the Lithuanian National Prize. Life & work Šarūnas Sauka wa ...

- postmodern painter * Liucija Vaitukaitytė - professional footballer

References

External links

Virtual Tour of Dusetos

Official district information
Cities in Lithuania Cities in Utena County Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd Zarasai District Municipality {{UtenaCounty-geo-stub