Svėdasai
Place in Aukštaitija, Lithuania
![Coat of arms of Svėdasai](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Svedasai_COA.gif/82px-Svedasai_COA.gif)
Coat of arms
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(2011)
Svėdasai is a town in Utena County in the northern part of Lithuania, bearing a name from a nearby Lake Svėdasas.
History
The name according to Kazimieras Būga is of Selonian origin.[1] In July 1941, 245 to 386 people were murdered in a mass execution near Svėdasai most must have been Jews.[2]
Gallery
- Svėdasai (Swiadosci) marked in Nicolas Sanson map (1665)
- St. Michael the Archangel Church
- Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas gymnasium
- Alaušas lake
References
- ^ (in Lithuanian) History of Svėdasai Archived 2008-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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