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}}
|
| 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
}}
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 Kaunas County
Category:Holocaust locations in Lithuania
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