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