Šukioniai

Village in Lithuania
Village in Lithuania
55°56′30″N 23°43′00″E / 55.94167°N 23.71667°E / 55.94167; 23.71667Country LithuaniaCountyŠiauliai CountyMunicipalityPakruojis District MunicipalityEldershipLygumai EldershipFirst mentioned1372Population
 (2011)
 • Total357Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Šukioniai is a village in the southwest of Pakruojis District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located near Vėzgė stream about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Pakruojis.

A hill fort at the location was destroyed by an attack of the Livonian Order in August 1372.[1]

Jonas Noreika, an anti-Soviet partisan accused of collaborating in the Holocaust, was born in the village in 1910. The village school is named after Noreika.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ Lietuvos archeologija, Issue 21, Mokslas, 2001, page 410
  2. ^ Nazi Collaborator or National Hero? A Test for Lithuania, New York Times, 10 September 2018
  3. ^ After US teacher exposes her grandfather as Nazi collaborator, Lithuania listens, Times of Israel, Cnaan Lipshiz, 6 October 2018
  4. ^ War hero or Nazi collaborator? Family partners with victim's kin to expose truth, Times of Israel, Robert Philpot, 8 January 2019