| Viduklė | ||
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| Location in Lithuania | ||
| Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°ECoordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°E | ||
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| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | |
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| Population (2001) | ||
| • Total | 1,911 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Viduklė is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2001, it had a population of 1,911.
221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census. The German army entered the town on June 23, 1941 and set up a ghetto to imprison the Jewish population. Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.