On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence, the square next to the Rokiškis Cultural Center was named Movement Square. The author of the idea is Paulius Gaigalas – a public health specialist. The…
The Soviet atrocities ended on 22 June 1941, when the Wehrmacht army invaded the Soviet Union. At the same time, an uprising organized by Lithuanian activists against the retreating Soviet forces began. In this way, the aim was to occupy…
Holocaust Victims’ site in Antanašė village, Obeliai eldership. On August 25, 1941, 1160 Jews of Kamajai, Rokiškis, Pandėlys and Obeliai were killed here. Part of the Jews of Rokiškis district (mostly women and children) in 1941 were concentrated in…
On August 15–16, 1941, 3207 residents of Rokiškis, Kamajai, Skapiškis, Suvainiškis and Svėdasai were killed in Bajorai village of Rokiškis rural eldership. The executors were brought to the manor house where they spent the night. In the morning,…