Skaudvilė

Skaudvilė (, Samogitian: Skaudvėlė) is a town in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located north-east of Tauragė.

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Locality: Skaudvilė
Region: Tauragės apskritis
Country: Lietuva
Population: 0

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Skaudvilė (, Samogitian: Skaudvėlė) is a town in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located north-east of Tauragė.

==History== During World War II, the town was under Soviet occupation from 1940, and then under German occupation from 1941 to 1944. In August 1941, the Jewish community of the town was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe. 300 Jews were killed.