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Adutiškis

Adutiškis
Town
Church in Adutiškis
Church in Adutiškis
Adutiškis is located in Lithuania
Adutiškis
Adutiškis
Location of Adutiškis
Coordinates: 55°09′20″N 26°35′10″E / 55.15556°N 26.58611°E / 55.15556; 26.58611Coordinates: 55°09′20″N 26°35′10″E / 55.15556°N 26.58611°E / 55.15556; 26.58611
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County Vilnius County
Municipality Švenčionys district municipality
Eldership Adutiškis eldership
Population (2001)
 • Total 778
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Adutiškis (Polish: Hoduciszki) is a town in Švenčionys district municipality, in Vilnius County, in southeast Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 778 people. The town is located near Kamaja river, and at the border with Belarus.

In autumn of 1941, the Jews from the town were taken to the Švenčionėliai military training ground and executed along with other Jews of the Švenčionys district. This crime was perpatrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Adutiškis policemen.



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