Butrimonys

Butrimonys (Yiddish: בוטרימאַנץ) is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 941.

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.name: Butrimonys
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.settlement_type: Town
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_skyline: Butrimonys centrine aikste.jpg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_caption: Central square in Butrimonys
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_shield: Coat of arms of Butrimonys.svg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.image_flag: Flag_of_Butrimonys.png
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map: Lithuania
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Lithuania
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.subdivision_type

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Butrimonys massacre
Notable people
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Butrimonys (Yiddish: בוטרימאַנץ) is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 941.

==Butrimonys massacre== thumb|left|Farewell letter written in 1941 by Khone Boyarski. On 9 September 1941, shortly after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the Jews of Butrimonys were massacred by Einsatzgruppen and Lithuanian collaborators. Rounded up and marched along a road, they were lined up beside a mass grave and machine-gunned. According to the Jäger Report, 740 Jews were murdered in one day: 67 men, 370 women, and 303 children.