Uzvent

Užventis

Užventis

City in Samogitia, Lithuania

Užventis (pronunciationⓘ, Samogitian: Ožvėntis, Polish: Użwenty,[1] Yiddish: אוזשווענט Uzhvent) is a city in the Kelmė district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Kelmė. River Venta flows through the city.

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History

It was a tract seat in the Duchy of Samogitia within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]

In 1923, 173 Jews lived in the village, comprising 22 percent of the total population. The Lithuanian white armband squad formed in Užventis just after the German invasion, and they gathered Jewish residents of the village in the brewery in early July 1941. Jews were humiliated and forced to do various kinds of work for several weeks. At the end of July, the white armbanders dug a large pit in the Želviai forest. The next day, they rounded up the majority of the Jews from the ghetto (about 50-70 people), brought them to the execution place and shot them. Several groups of Jewish men who were fit to work were taken to Šiauliai and Žagarė. About 20 Jews who were left in Užventis were executed in the Želviai forest in December 1941.

Užventis is well known for its church.[2]

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    Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 875.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    "Yahad - in Unum".


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