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