Šimkaičiai
Town in Tauragės, Lithuania
Coat of arms
(2011 Census)[1]
Šimkaičiai (Samogitian: Šėmkātē, Polish: Szymkajcie) is a town in Jurbarkas district municipality, Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town had a population of 265 people.[2] At the 2011 census, the population was 204.[1]
Before World War II the town had a Jewish population. In July, 1941, they were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian collaborators.[3]
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