Merkinė
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Merkinė is a small town in Alytus County, Lithuania, located at the confluence of the Neman and Merkys rivers. The town belongs to the Varėna District Municipality and is located about 26 kilometers w
Merkine panorama
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Merkinė, Lithuania in 2010
Merkinė Hillfort in Merkinė, Lithuania in 2014
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Leipalingis
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Leipalingis is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 1,552.
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…Margolis (d. New York 1887), and his son Max Margolis, of the University of California. On September 10, 1941, 854 Jews from Merkinė, as well as from Liepalingis, Liškiava, and Seirijai were shot in a grove near the Jewish cemetery by German Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators. A mass grave of Jews killed…
Leipalingio baznycios varpine
Leipalingis manor, built in 1830, architect Marcin Knackfus