Joniškėlis

Joniškėlis (pronunciation ) is a city in the Pasvalys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 17 km (11 mi) west of Pasvalys.

Joniškėlis
City
Coat of arms
Joniškėlis
Location of Joniškėlis
Coordinates: 56°1′30″N 24°10′10″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Panevėžys County
MunicipalityPasvalys district municipality
EldershipJoniškėlis eldership
Capital ofJoniškėlis eldership
First mentioned1685
Granted city rights1736
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,201
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Name

Versions of the city's name in other languages include Polish: Johaniszkiele, Russian: Иоганишкели Ioganishkeli, Belarusian: Iоганiшкели Iohanishkeli, Yiddish: יאַנישקעל Yonishkel.

History
Manor of Joniškėlis

Before World War II, around 20% of the total population was Jewish.[1] During the summer 1941, 200 Joniskelis Jews were shot to death by Germans in the Zideiko Forest in Pasvalys.[2][3][4]

References
  1. http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00321.html
  2. https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/institute/killing_sites_catalog_details_full.asp?region=Birzai&title=Birzai%20county
  3. http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yanishkelis/yanishkelis.html
  4. http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/lithuania/joniskelis.html


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