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LYGUMAI (Lithuania)

Square in Lygumai (Taken 1997)

Alternate names: Ligum, Legum, Ligumy, Lygumay, Lygumu, Ligem, Lymgumai, Lygumiai
Location: Latitude: 56° 00´ Longitude: 23° 39´
112.0 miles NW of Vilnius.

Compiled by Yosef Rosin and Barry Mann
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View Maps to see Location of Lygumai (Country and Regional).

View Map of Lygumai (Ligum) and surrounding areas, from WWI
German Military Map Collection, entitled Karte Des Westlichen Russlands:

History of Lygumai - by Yosef Rosin

Mass Grave in the Juknaiciai forest -

Photos of Synagogue -

Photos taken by Judy Becker 1995 -

Photos (Other) -

THE SLAUGHTER OF THE JEWS IN THE SMALL TOWN OF LYGUMAI. Eyewitness testimony of Nisn Goldes, born in Lygumai on January 3, 1906. The report was recorded by Engineer L. Koniuchowsky September 30, 1947.
(Download as a Microsoft Word Document)

Lygumai Jewish Cemetery -

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Updated 5/16/2018

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