Pilvià ¡kiai (, Pilveshok) is a town in Vilkavià ¡kis district municipality and in MarijampolàCounty
In the Jewish world, it was notable for being the first rabbinic post held by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, who married and soon after divorced the daughter of the town's previous rabbi.
In August 1941, the Jewish men of Pilvià ¡kiai district were shot. The mass murder was perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppe of Germans and Pilvià ¡kiai self-defence police unit. The victims were about 300 to 350 Jewish men and several dozen Soviet activists (including a group of girls from the Communist Youth organization).