Zelva

Želva
Town
Želva Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°13′08″N 25°05′49″E / 55.21889°N 25.09694°E / 55.21889; 25.09694Coordinates: 55°13′08″N 25°05′49″E / 55.21889°N 25.09694°E / 55.21889; 25.09694
Country	Lithuania
County	Vilnius County
Municipality	Ukmergė district municipality
Eldership	Želva eldership
Population (2001)
• Total	516
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

For the town in Belarus, see Zel’va.

Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 516 people.

The town has a Catholic church and a synagogue. Želva is the birthplace of Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Aaron Klug.

On July 26 and 27, 1941, the Jews of the town are murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen and local Lithuanian nationalists. 60 people were killed.

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