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Pirčiupiai is a village Lithuania, Varėna district municipality, Valkininkai eldership. The village is known since 16th century, when Grand Dukes of Lithuania used it as hunting grounds. On June 3, 1944, nazis killed 119 people and only 13 escaped from the Pirčiupiai massacre. The bodies were allowed to be buried only after a week on June 11, 1944. A monument, called "Mother of Pirčiupiai", was erected in 1960 and commemorates the event.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirčiupiai
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Coordinates: 54°23'44"N 24°57'19"E
- Rūdninkai 13 km
- Dainava 16 km
- Dainava 20 km
- Terešiškės 21 km
- Matuizos 22 km
- Jančiūnai 22 km
- Žilinai 22 km
- Keturiasdešimt Totorių 23 km
- Kalesninkai 24 km
- Paletskishki 27 km
- Valkininkai eldership 7.5 km
- Pabarė eldership 9 km
- Rūdiškės eldership 14 km
- Trakai district municipality 22 km
- Šalčininkai district municipality 24 km
- Onuškis eldership 29 km
- Aukštadvaris regional park 32 km
- Aukštadvaris eldership 33 km
- Varėna eldership 34 km
- Varėna district municipality 39 km