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Alternate names: Balninkai [Lith], Bolnik [Yid], Bolniki [Pol], Balnik, Bol'niki, Balninku, Bal'ninkay, Balnikų, Balinkai, באָלניק-Yiddish. 55°18' N, 25°08' E, 16 miles ENE of Ukmergė (Vilkomir), 12 miles WNW of Moletai. 1900 Jewish population: 255. Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), I, p. 302: "Bolniki". [March 2009]

MASS GRAVES: Pine forest of Pivonija, about 4 km from Ukmerge. 177-178; pic. # 315-318. Source: US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. Forest of Gryblaukis, 22 km NE of Taurage. 170; pic. # 294 US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

Probably people were killed in the Jewish cemetery of Mazeikiai. Source: US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad