Seirijai

Seirijai
Town
Coat of arms
Seirijai Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°13′50″N 23°48′50″E / 54.23056°N 23.81389°E / 54.23056; 23.81389Coordinates: 54°13′50″N 23°48′50″E / 54.23056°N 23.81389°E / 54.23056; 23.81389
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Dzūkija
County	Alytus County
Population (2001)
• Total	933
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Seirijai is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. In 2001 it had a population of 933.

Alexander Ziskind Maimon, Lithuanian Jewish author and scholar of the Talmud and Mishnah was born in the city in 1809.

On September 11, 1941, 953 Jews from Sierijai were murdered in the Baraučiškės Forest, including 229 men, 384 women and 340 children. The mass execution was perpetrated by Rollkommando Hamann / 1st Battalion 3rd Unit led by Norkus and Obelenis; Lithuanian Activists Front members from Sierijai. 2003 approved Seirijai coat of arms.

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