Jews of the Kaišiadorys Region of Lithuania
by Rolandas Gustaitis
For more than three and a half centuries Jews flourished in the Kaišiadorys region of Lithuania—the area between Lithuania’s two largest cities, Kaunas and Vilnius. It all came to an abrupt end during the Holocaust when the German SS Einsatzgruppen killing squads and their Lithuanian collaborators murdered most of the Jewish population and plundered their belongings.
Jews of the Kaišiadorys Region of Lithuania tells the history of the Jews of the region from its earliest days, but with particular emphasis on the early 20th century and Holocaust periods. The history is enriched by the naming of people—not just events. The index lists more than 400 people of the area, mostly Jews. More than 200 pictures show the life and Jewish people of the region as it existed before the Holocaust.
The book includes the towns of Dars?niškis, Kaišiadorys, Kruonis, Rumšišk?s, Žasliai, Žiežmariai and, to a lesser extent, Gegužin?, M?ro Str?vininkai, Šilonys, Tartokas and Z?bišk?s.
7"x10" 284 pp. softcover
Contents
FOREWORD vINTRODUCTION viiKAIŠIADORYS 1 Community 1 Professions and Trades 12 Public and Religious Organizations 18 Zionist Organizations 22 Philanthropy and Social Care 24 Sports 26 Education 27 Destruction of the Community 30 Additional Pictures of the Jews of Kaišiadorys 38KRUONIS 47 Community 47 Professions and Trades 51 Religious and Social Life 53 Destruction of the Community 54DARS?NIŠKIS 55 Community 55 Professions and Trades 56 Religious and Social Life 57 Education 59 Destruction of the Community 59 People 62RUMŠIŠK?S 65 Community 65 Professions and Trades 70 Religious and Social life 74 Education 80 Destruction of the Community 81 Additional Rumšišk?s Pictures 85ŽASLIAI 89 Community 89 Professions and Trades 99 Religious and Social Life 106 Firemen 110 Zionist Organizations 115 Philanthropy and Social Affairs 122 Culture and Sport 125 Education 128 Destruction of the Community 134 People of Note 136 Žasliai Train Station Settlement 138 Additional Žasliai Pictures 141GEGUŽIN?, Z?BIŠK?S, ŠILONYS AND TARTOKAS 150ŽIEŽMARIAI 152 Community 152 Professions and Trades 162 Religious and Community Life 168 Zionist Organizations 177 Philanthropic and Social Organizations 180 Culture and Sport 182 Education 185 Destruction of the Community 190 Additional Žiežmariai Pictures 195M?RO STR?VININKAI 199RESCUE OF JEWS DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION YEARS (1941–44) 200 The World Does Not Lack Good People 201NECROLOGY 206NOTES 214INDEX 258
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