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Alternate names: Vainutas [Lith], Vainute [Yid], Wojnuta [Pol], Wajnutas, Vainuta, Voinuty, Vaynutas, Vainuto, Veinuta, Vonota, Vynota, Russian: Вайнутас. 55°22' N, 21°50' E, 37 miles SE of Klaipėda (Memel), 19 miles WNW of Tauragė (Tavrig), near the former Prussian border. 1923 Jewish population: 384.

MASS GRAVE: Dargiske village, not far from Vainutas township.

Ravines of Siaudvyciai, about 3 km E of Z. Naumiestis; 162-163; pic. # 273 US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad

Parent Category: EASTERN EUROPE