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,…
During the first weeks of the Nazi occupation (June 27 – August 14, 1941), former Soviet officials of various nationalities, communists, and communist youth were being arrested and shot. The first arrests of Rokiškis Jews were made on June 29.…
According to historians, the square that is visible now is an urban object of the Lithuanian Classicism era which was formed by the end of the 18th century when Rokiškis was ruled by the family of counts Tyzenhaus. The square already was a…