Šimkaičiai (Samogitian: Šėmkātē, ) is a town in Jurbarkas district municipality, Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town had a population of 265 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 204. Before World War II the town had a Jewish population. In July, 1941, they were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their Lithuanian collaborators. References Towns in Lithuania Towns in Tauragė County Rossiyensky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Lithuania