Kuliai

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|subdivision_name1=Telšiai County

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Kuliai (Samogitian: Kulē, {{langx|pl|Kule}}) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town's population was 625.{{cite web|url=http://statistics.bookdesign.lt/table_125_06.htm?lang=en|title=2011 census|publisher=Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania)|accessdate=August 14, 2017}}

History

In June 1941, local Lithuanian collaborators arrested the Jewish inhabitants of the town. 85 Jewish individuals were killed in a mass execution.{{Cite web|url=http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/159/|title = Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania}}

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