Užpaliai
Užpaliai (traditional Russian: Ушполь, Polish: Uszpolski) is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people.
History
The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish out of a total population of 740 people. In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.
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Užpaliai (Wyspol) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665) -
Parish -
Town centre -
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Arriving from Utena -
Orthodox church -
References
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "Jew Enc".
- ^ "Uzpaliai,Lithuania".
- ^ "Lith Comm".
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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