For other places with the same name, see Baltoji Vokė.

Baltoji Vokė (pronunciationⓘ, Polish: Biała Waka) is a village in Vilnius District Municipality in Lithuania.[1] According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 369 people.[2]

During the German occupation, a forced labor camp for Jews was located here,[3][4] approximately 11 kilometers from Vilnius.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Litwa. Wykaz jednostek administracyjnych (Lithuania. List of administrative units)". ksng.gugik.gov.pl. KSNG. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Vilna During the Holocaust. Final Days of the Ghetto". www.yadvashem.org. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. ^ Beinfeld, Solon (2014). "Health Care in the Vilna Ghetto". In Grodin, Michael A (ed.). Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust. Berghahn Books. pp. 117–118.
  5. ^ Bubnys, Arunas (2010). "Eksterminacja żydów wileńskich i dzieje getta wileńskiego (1941–1944) (Extermination of the Vilnius Jews and the History of the Vilnius Ghetto (1941–1944))". Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość (in Polish). 2 (16). IPN: 253.