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Alternate names: Batakiai [Lith], Batok [Yid], Botoki [Rus, Pol], Botocken [Ger], Batakyay, Batakiaj, Batakių, Botak, Botik, Botoka, באַטאָק-Yiddish. 55°21' N, 22°31' E, 12 miles NE of Tauragė (Tavrig), 24 miles W of Raseiniai (Rossieny) in Raseiniai district. 1900 Jewish population: fewer than 200. Batakiai district / Raseiniai County / Kowna Gubernia. Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), I, pp. 342-343: "Botoki" #1. Batak is a town of Cesis district, Skaudvilė located on Ančia (Šešuvies right tributary) on the right bank. Batak Kurgan, the local residents called it Pilaitė. 2001 population: 261. [March 2009]

MASS GRAVE: September 16, 1941, near Bataki forest. 88 people. [March 2009]