Dusetos
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Dusetos ({{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Dusetos.ogg" not found}}Template:Category handlerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Category handler) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, Template:Convert west of Zarasai, 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.[1] On August 26, 1941, Jews of Dusetos, together with the Jews of Zarasai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by forces of Einsatzkommando 3, assisted by the Lithuanian police.[2] A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.[3]
Notable people
List of notable people who were born or have lived in Dusetos
- Faustas Latėnas - composer, theatre manager, politician, and diplomat
- Šarūnas Sauka - postmodern painter
- Liucija Vaitukaitytė - professional footballer
References
External links
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- ↑ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/online/camps-ghettos-download/USHMM_Vol%202_PartB.pdf page 1051.
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