Užpaliai
Town in Utena County, Lithuania
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(2021)
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
- Užpaliai (Wyspol) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
- Parish
- Town centre
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- Arriving from Utena
- Orthodox church
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