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Dusetos

Coordinates: 55°45′0″N 25°51′0″E / 55.75000°N 25.85000°E / 55.75000; 25.85000
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Dusetos
City
Church of Dusetos
Church of Dusetos
Coat of arms of Dusetos
Dusetos is located in Lithuania
Dusetos
Dusetos
Location of Dusetos
Coordinates: 55°45′0″N 25°51′0″E / 55.75000°N 25.85000°E / 55.75000; 25.85000
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Utena County
MunicipalityZarasai district municipality
EldershipDusetos eldership
Capital ofDusetos eldership
First mentioned1520
Granted city rights1950
Population
 (2022)
 • Total517
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Dusetos (pronunciation) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) west of Zarasai, near Lake Sartai.

History

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According to the 1923 census, 704 Jews were living in the town. As a result of out-migration in the 1920s and 1930s, the number of Jews in the town decreased to around 500 by 1939.[1] On August 26, 1941, Jews of Dusetos, together with the Jews of Zarasai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by forces of Einsatzkommando 3, assisted by the Lithuanian police.[2] A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.[3]

Notable people

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List of notable people who were born or have lived in Dusetos

References

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  1. ^ "Technical Problem Form".
  2. ^ United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/online/camps-ghettos-download/USHMM_Vol%202_PartB.pdf page 1051.
  3. ^ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם".
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