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 pogrom[1].
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
- ^ 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”.
External links
- Virtual Tour of Dusetos
- (in Lithuanian) Official district information
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