Kuliai (Samogitian: Kulē, Polish: Kule) is a town in Telšiai County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 625 people.[1]
History
In June 1941, the local Lithuanian collaborators arrested the Jewish inhabitants of the town. 85 Jews were murdered in a mass execution.[2]
Famous people
- Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, a renowned rabbi was born in the town in 1886
- Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, a renowned rabbi was born in the town in 1910
References
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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