Šukioniai is a village in the southwest of Pakruojis District Municipality,

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

. It is located near Vėzgė stream about southwest of

Pakruojis Pakruojis () is a city in Lithuania. It is situated on the Kruoja River, which has a dam above the city. Forty three buildings of the manor, mentioned in 1531 still survive. History Pakruojis and it neighbourhood are within the boundaries of the ...

. A hill fort at the location was destroyed by an attack of the

Livonian Order The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation. History The order was formed from the remnants of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword after the ...

in August 1372.Lietuvos archeologija, Issue 21
Mokslas, 2001, page 410

Jonas Noreika Jonas Noreika (8 October 1910 – 26 February 1947), also known by his post-war nom de guerre Generolas Vėtra (), was a Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan, military officer, and Nazi collaborator. In July 1941, he was the leader of the Lithua ...

, an anti-Soviet partisan accused of collaborating in

the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

, was born in the village in 1910. The village school is named after Noreika.Nazi Collaborator or National Hero? A Test for Lithuania
New York Times, 10 September 2018After US teacher exposes her grandfather as Nazi collaborator, Lithuania listens
Times of Israel, Cnaan Lipshiz, 6 October 2018War hero or Nazi collaborator? Family partners with victim's kin to expose truth
Times of Israel, Robert Philpot, 8 January 2019

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