Upyna
Upyna (, Samogitian: Opīna) is a small town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, in western Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 375 people.
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Upyna (, Samogitian: Opīna) is a small town in Šilalė district municipality, Tauragė County, in western Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 375 people.
==History== In 1941, 100 Jews were massacred in a mass execution by an Einsatzgruppen. There is a small memorial at the execution site.
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