Girkalnis

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Girkalnis

| settlement_type= Town

| nickname =

| image_skyline = Girkalnis. Gatvė.JPG

| imagesize=

| image_caption = Šėtupio street

| image_shield = Girkalnis COA.jpg

| pushpin_map = Lithuania

| pushpin_map_caption=Location in Lithuania

| pushpin_label_position =

| coordinates = {{coord|55|18|40|N|23|12|10|E|region:LT|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type =Country

| subdivision_name ={{flag|Lithuania}}

| subdivision_type1=Ethnographic region

| subdivision_name1=Samogitia

| subdivision_type2=County

| subdivision_name2=20px Kaunas County

| subdivision_type3=Municipality

| subdivision_name3=Raseiniai district municipality

| subdivision_type4=Eldership

| subdivision_name4=Girkalnis eldership

| subdivision_type5=Capital of

| subdivision_name5=Girkalnis eldership

| established_date =

| established_title=

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_total = 877

| timezone=EET

| utc_offset=+2

| timezone_DST=EEST

| utc_offset_DST=+3

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Girkalnis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 877.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|access-date=August 15, 2017}}

History

From July to September 1941, about 1,000 Jews from Raseiniai, Betygala and Girkalnis were massacred in the city. Those mass executions were done by Germans and local policemen{{Cite web|url=http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search/vcntfr=1000.vcntto=5000/page/4/item/147/|title = Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania}} in the context of Shoah by bullets.

References

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{{Kaunas County}}

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Category:Towns in Lithuania

Category:Towns in Kaunas County

Category:Holocaust locations in Lithuania

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