Kuliai

Town in Telšiai County, Lithuania
Coat of arms of Kuliai
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55°48′0″N 21°39′11″E / 55.80000°N 21.65306°E / 55.80000; 21.65306Country LithuaniaCountyTelšiai CountyMunicipalityPlungė district municipalityEldershipKuliai eldershipPopulation
 (2011)
 • Total625Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kuliai (Samogitian: Kulē, Polish: Kule) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 625 people.[1]

History

In June 1941, the local Lithuanian collaborators arrested the Jewish inhabitants of the town. 85 Jews were murdered in a mass execution.[2]

Famous people

  • Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, a renowned rabbi was born in the town in 1886
  • Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, a renowned rabbi was born in the town in 1910

References

  1. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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