Pre-1940: Seda (Yiddish: Shad), Mažeikiai apskritis, Lithuania; 1940–1941: Mazheikiai uezd, Lithuanian SSR; 1941–1944: Kreis Moscheiken, Gebiet Schaulen-Land, Generalkommissariat Litauen; post-1991: Mažeikiai rajonas, Telšiai apskritis, Republic of Lithuania Seda is located 23 kilometers (14 miles) northwest of Telšiai. According to the 1923 census, 814 Jews were living in the town. By mid-1941, owing to the emigration of Jews in the 1920s and 1930s, the Jewish population had decreased significantly. German armed forces occupied Seda on June 24, 1941. As the retreating Soviet forces had shot 12 Lithuanian partisans in the town, the new Lithuanian nationalist administration and police force soon started arresting alleged Soviet activists. The new authorities also instituted measures discriminating against the Jews. By the end of June, Lithuanian partisans were rounding up young Jews, and those who were arrested were taken out and shot in the Jewish cemetery. Among those killed was Ra...