Dusetos

Dusetos
City
Church of Dusetos
Church of Dusetos
Coat of arms of Dusetos
Coat of arms
Dusetos is located in Lithuania
Dusetos
Dusetos
Location of Dusetos
Coordinates: 55°45′0″N 25°51′0″E / 55.75000°N 25.85000°E / 55.75000; 25.85000
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Utena County
MunicipalityZarasai district municipality
EldershipDusetos eldership
Capital ofDusetos eldership
First mentioned1520
Granted city rights1950
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
517
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dusetos (pronunciationⓘ) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) 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

References

  1. ^ "Technical Problem Form".
  2. ^ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/online/camps-ghettos-download/USHMM_Vol%202_PartB.pdf page 1051.
  3. ^ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם".
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