It is presumed that Jewish residents settled in Plung\u0117 in the 17th century. In 1923, they made up 44% of the city\u2019s population.<\/p>\n
When Nazis reached Plung\u0117 in July 1941, its large and active Jewish community was obliterated.<\/p>\n
Before the war, the Jewish residents of Plung\u0117 enjoyed cultural autonomy- they had opened synagogues, schools and were printing books in their own language. Now, they had to fight for survival. Approximately 10 mass murder sites exist in the region of Plung\u0117, with a small forest near the village of Kau\u0161\u0117nai being the largest massacre site in the area, where 1800 Jews were killed and buried. These victims had first been detained inside the Plung\u0117 synagogue, subjected to starvation and unsanitary conditions for 2 weeks. They were later forced to walk roughly 5 kilometres to the site of their execution.<\/p>\n
In 2011, during the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Kau\u0161\u0117nai, a Memorial Wall was built using 1800 bricks from the demolished synagogue in Plung\u0117, each brick symbolizing a victim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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