Šukioniai Explained

Šukioniai
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Šukioniai
Coordinates:55.9417°N 23.7167°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Šiauliai County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Pakruojis District Municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Subdivision Name4:Lygumai Eldership
Established Date:1372
Established Title:First mentioned
Population Total:357
Population As Of:2011
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Šukioniai is a village in the southwest of Pakruojis District Municipality, Lithuania. It is located near Vėzgė stream about 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]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=k0BNAQAAIAAJ&q=%C5%A0ukioniai+fort Lietuvos archeologija, Issue 21
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/world/europe/nazi-general-storm-lithuania.html Nazi Collaborator or National Hero? A Test for Lithuania
  3. https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-us-teacher-exposes-her-grandfather-as-nazi-collaborator-lithuania-listens/ After US teacher exposes her grandfather as Nazi collaborator, Lithuania listens
  4. https://www.timesofisrael.com/war-hero-or-nazi-collaborator-family-partners-with-victims-kin-to-expose-truth/ War hero or Nazi collaborator? Family partners with victim's kin to expose truth