Joniškėlis


Joniškėlis is a city in the Pasvalys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 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. During the summer 1941, 200 Joniskelis Jews were shot to death by Germans in the Zideiko Forest in Pasvalys.