Glitiškės

Village in Lithuania
54°59′10″N 25°13′30″E / 54.98611°N 25.22500°E / 54.98611; 25.22500Country LithuaniaCountyVilnius CountyMunicipalityVilnius district municipalityEldershipPaberžė eldershipPopulation
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Glitiškės (Polish: Glinciszki) is a village in Vilnius district, Lithuania situated on the eastern bank of Širvys Lake. In the 2011 census, it had 549 residents.[1] The village was the site of the massacre of several dozen Polish villagers by German collaborators in 1944.[2]

Cross at the sight of the massacre in Glitiškės

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Piotrowski, Tadeusz (1997). Poland's Holocaust. McFarland & Company. pp. 168–169. ISBN 0-7864-0371-3.
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