Joniškėlis
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Joniškėlis | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Joniškėlis Location of Joniškėlis | |
| Coordinates: 56°1′30″N 24°10′10″E / 56.02500°N 24.16944°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County |  Panevėžys County |
| Municipality | Pasvalys district municipality |
| Eldership | Joniškėlis eldership |
| Capital of | Joniškėlis eldership |
| First mentioned | 1685 |
| Granted city rights | 1736 |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,201 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Joniškėlis () is a city in the Pasvalys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 17 km (11 mi) west of Pasvalys.
Name
Versions of the city's name in other languages include Polish: Johaniszkiele, Russian: Иоганишкели Ioganishkeli, Belarusian: Iоганiшкели Iohanishkeli, Yiddish: יאַנישקעל Yonishkel.
History
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
- ^ http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00321.html
- ^ https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/institute/killing_sites_catalog_details_full.asp?region=Birzai&title=Birzai%20county
- ^ http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/yanishkelis/yanishkelis.html
- ^ http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/lithuania/joniskelis.html
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