Skaudvilė

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Skaudvilė
City
Coat of arms
Skaudvilė Location of Skaudvilė
Coordinates: 55°24′27″N 22°34′57″E / 55.40750°N 22.58250°E / 55.40750; 22.58250Coordinates: 55°24′27″N 22°34′57″E / 55.40750°N 22.58250°E / 55.40750; 22.58250
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Tauragė County
Municipality	Tauragė district municipality
Eldership	Skaudvilė eldership
Capital of	Skaudvilė eldership
First mentioned	1760
Granted city rights	1950
Population  (2005)
• Total	2,081
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Skaudvilė (pronunciation (help·info), Samogitian: Skaudvėlė, German: Skaudwill, Polish: Skaudwile) is a city in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located 26 km (16 mi) north-east of Tauragė.

History[]

During the Second World War, in August 1941, the Jewish community of the town was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen. 300 Jews were killed.^[1]

Gallery[]

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  Skaudvilė police station

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  Skaudvilė special school

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  Exposures in Skaudvilė

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  Skaudvilė gymnasium

References[]

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