Girkalnis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 877.[1]

Girkalnis
Town
Šėtupio street
Coat of arms
Girkalnis Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°18′40″N 23°12′10″E
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Samogitia
County	Kaunas County
Municipality	Raseiniai district municipality
Eldership	Girkalnis eldership
Capital of	Girkalnis eldership
Population  (2011)
• Total	877
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

From July to September 1941, about 1,000 Jews from Raseiniai, Betygala and Girkalnis were massacred in the city. Those mass executions were done by Germans and local policemen[2] in the context of Shoah by bullets.

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