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Vilkija () ( pl, Wilki, yi, ווילקי or ''Vilki'') is a city in the
During summer and fall 1941, mass executions of 800 Jews were perpetrated by an
* Folklorist Antanas Juška (1819–1880) lived in Vilkija 1862–1864.
* In the end of 1863 one of the revolt leaders Antanas Mackevičius (1828–1863) was captured close to Vilkija and later taken to Kaunas to be executed.
* Writer
Kaunas district municipality
Kaunas District Municipality (''Kauno rajono savivaldybė'') is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kaunas, which does not belong to the municipality but is a separate administrative unit. It surround ...
, Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
. It is located north-west of Kaunas city municipality, right on the north side of the river Nemunas, the most important river in Lithuania.
Etymology
The name of Vilkija originated when people living on the opposite side of Nemunas heard the packs of wolves howling in the surroundings of the place where contemporary Vilkija is situated. From then on, this land is called Vilkija and this name may have been derived from words ''vilkų gauja'' meaning ''a pack of wolves''.History
During summer and fall 1941, mass executions of 800 Jews were perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen
(, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the im ...
of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists. Murdered Jews were from Vilkija and nearby villages.
Notable people
* Folklorist Antanas Juška (1819–1880) lived in Vilkija 1862–1864.
* In the end of 1863 one of the revolt leaders Antanas Mackevičius (1828–1863) was captured close to Vilkija and later taken to Kaunas to be executed.
* Writer Petras Cvirka
Petras Cvirka (March 12, 1909, Klangai, Kovno Governorate – May 2, 1947, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian writer of several novels, children's books, and short story collections. He wrote under a variety of pen names: A. Cvingelis, Cezaris Petrėnas, J ...
(1909–1947) studied in Vilkija 1922–1926.
References
Cities in Kaunas County Cities in Lithuania Duchy of Samogitia Kovensky Uyezd Holocaust locations in Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub