Lygumai

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Lygumai
Town
Central square
Coat of arms
Lygumai Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 56°0′20″N 23°39′30″E / 56.00556°N 23.65833°E / 56.00556; 23.65833Coordinates: 56°0′20″N 23°39′30″E / 56.00556°N 23.65833°E / 56.00556; 23.65833
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Šiauliai County
Population  (2011)
• Total	601
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Lygumai is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 601.^[1]

History[]

In the beginning of August 1941, during the German occupation of Lithuania, the Jews of the village, about 70-80 men and over 100 women and children were assassinated. The mass execution was perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.^[2]

References[]

• This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.