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Skaudvilė
Town
Coat of arms
Skaudvilė Location of Skaudvilė
Coordinates: 55°24′27″N 22°34′57″E / 55.40750°N 22.58250°E / 55.40750; 22.58250
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  (2022)
• Total	1,410
Time zone	UTC+2 ( EET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+3 ( EEST)

Skaudvilė ( pronunciation ^ⓘ, Samogitian: Skaudvėlė, Polish: Skaudwile) is a town in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located 26 km (16 mi) north-east of Tauragė.

History

During World War II, the town was under Soviet occupation from 1940, and then under German occupation from 1941 to 1944. In August 1941, the Jewish community of the town was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe. 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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