Alytus (Olita)
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Region: Lituanie
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Alytus (Olita in Yiddish), a city in southern Lithuania on the Nemunas, had an important Jewish community attested since the seventeenth century. Jews represented a notable proportion of the population. The community was massacred in the very first weeks of the German occupation, in 1941.
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Sources & resources
- The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ↗
- Pinkas Hakehillot — Yad Vashem
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