Eišiškės
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| Location | |||
| Ethnographic region | Dzūkija | ||
| County | Vilnius County | ||
| Municipality | Šalčininkai district municipality | ||
| Elderate | Eišiškės elderate | ||
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| Capital of | Eišiškės elderate | ||
| Population | 3,765 in 2001 (63rd) | ||
| First mentioned | 1384 | ||
| Granted city rights | 1950 | ||
Eišiškės (pronunciation (help·info); Polish: Ejszyszki) is a city in southeastern Lithuania on the border with Belarus. It was a Jewish shtetl. On 21 September 1941, an einsatzgruppen unit entered Eišiškės and killed the approximately 4,000 Jewish residents. About 80% of current population declare Polish ancestry.[citation needed]
Place of fights between Polish Armia Krajowa and Soviet NKVD on October 19th and 20th, and December 6th/7th, 1944.
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