Alternate names: Ramygala [Lith], Remigole and רעמיגאָלע [Yid],
Remigola and Ремигола [Rus], Remigoła [Pol], Ramygalos,
Remygala, Ramīgala. 55°31' N, 24°18' E, 15 miles S of Panevėžys
(Ponevezh) on the banks of the Upytė River, a tributary to the
Nevėžis River. Center of an eldership, the smallest
administrative division in Lithuania with a small hospital and a
library. 1900 Jewish population: 650. 2005 population: less than
1,700 with no Jews. On July 7, 1941, the Jews of Panevezys were
forced into a ghetto confied to several of the town's streets
along with Jews from Naujamiestis, Krekenava, Raguva and
Ramygala. The entire population of the ghetto was murdered in
August 1941. |Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 11:50|