Dusetos | |
|---|---|
City | |
 Church of Dusetos | |
 Coat of arms | |
Dusetos Location of Dusetos | |
| Coordinates: 55°45′0″N 25°51′0″E / 55.75000°N 25.85000°E / 55.75000; 25.85000 | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Utena County |
| Municipality | Zarasai district municipality |
| Eldership | Dusetos eldership |
| Capital of | Dusetos eldership |
| First mentioned | 1520 |
| Granted city rights | 1950 |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 517 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dusetos (ⓘ) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) west of Zarasai, near Lake Sartai.
History
On the night of April 16, 1905, a fire broke out and continued into the early hours of April 17. On April 18, Christians who believed the fire was caused by Jewish arsonists carried out a pogrom1.
According to the 1923 census, 704 Jews were living in the town. As a result of out-migration in the 1920s and 1930s, the number of Jews in the town decreased to around 500 by 1939.2 On August 26, 1941, Jews of Dusetos, together with the Jews of Zarasai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by forces of Einsatzkommando 3, assisted by the Lithuanian police.3 A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.4
Notable people
List of notable people who were born or have lived in Dusetos
- Faustas Latėnas - composer, theatre manager, politician, and diplomat
- Šarūnas Sauka - postmodern painter
- Liucija Vaitukaitytė - professional footballer
References
References
- Staliūnas, Darius (2012). "Dusetos, Easter 1905: The Story of One Pogrom". Journal of Baltic Studies. 43 (4): 495–514.
- "Technical Problem Form".
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/online/camps-ghettos-download/USHMM_Vol%202_PartB.pdf page 1051.
- "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם".