Užpaliai

Užpaliai
Town
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Užpaliai
Coordinates: 55°38′20″N25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306
Country	Lithuania
County	Utena County
Municipality	Utena district municipality
Eldership	Užpaliai eldership
Population  (2021)
• Total	630
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Užpaliai (traditional Russian : Ушполь, Polish : Uszpolski) is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people. ^[1]

History

The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish ^[2] out of a total population of 740 people. ^{[3] [4]} In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Gallery

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  Užpaliai (Wyspol) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
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  Parish
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  Town centre
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  Arriving from Utena
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  Orthodox church
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  Lithuanian book smuggler Juozas Baranauskas house

References

1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
2. "Jew Enc".
3. "Uzpaliai, Lithuania".
4. "Lith Comm".
5. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
6. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
7. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".