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1.

As part of the Yizkor Books Project, Jewishgen.org has a link to an extensive work in translation on Jewish Life in Lithuania: Translation of Lite, Edited by Dr. Mendel Sudarsky, Uriah Katzenelenbogen, J. Kissin and Berl Kagan, Published in New York, N.Y., 1951 : 

This work in translation also has a chapter on Mazeikiai, written by 'Josephus,' and translated by Judie Ostroff Goldstein and Dr. Sonia Kovitz. 
See  http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/lita/Lit1589.html wpe19.jpg (8357 bytes)
See also the Yizkor Book Project page : http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ 
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Link to :  

Yad Vashem home page

 The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names : (in HEBREW:) http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/IY_HON_Welcome  OR (in ENGLISH:) http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/.cmd/cl/.l/en  for example, typing Mazeikiai in the 'Location' search window will produce over 1000 names of victims from Mazheik 

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Link to The Jewish Agency for Israel (Department for Jewish Zionist Education) :http://www.jafi.org.il/education/diaspora/europe/lithuania.html

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4.

Links relating to Contemporary Anti-Semitism in Mazeikiai (and elsewhere): http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/010802Lithua.shtml Anti-Semitism raises its ugly head again in Mazeikiai.

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Link to the official Lithuanian site commemorating the Shoah : http://www.shoah.smm.lt For details on how to use this site, see Shalom Eilati's message (#22) in the Guestbook 

Link to Mazeikiai Historical Museum webpage:
http://www.shoah.smm.lt/Pub/default.aspx?Page=MuseumsDetailsLT&Letter=*&Type
 

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Link to the YIVO Archives: http://www.cjh.org/about/yivo_catalog.html

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Link to the YIVO Online Photographic Catalog : http://yivo1000towns.cjh.org/ There are 7 scenes photographed between 1930 - 1939, mainly of children. In order to view, one must register his/her particulars, click on 'Search Catalog' and enter Mazeikiai, Lithuania.

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For those who are interested in visiting Mazheik, the Jewishgen ShtetlSchleppers program may be of interest : http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlschleppers/ wpe13.jpg (9101 bytes)

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Researchers are advised to list their surname/town interests in the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) : see http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ 

List of Archives for researchers : http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mazeikiai/list_of_archives.htm from the Family Research page

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10.

Homepage of the Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel:

http://www.lithuanianjews.org.il/HTMLs/Home.aspx
(Hebrew)

http://www.lithuanianjews.org.il/HTMLs/article_list4.aspx?C2014=12011&BSP=69
0&BSS6=12011
(English)
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List of mass murder sites (see Mazheik):

http://www.lithuanianjews.org.il/HTMLs/article.aspx?C2004=12059&BSP=12056&BS
S6=12056
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Trigor's book in the HUJI library catalog (Hebrew and English):
http://ram1.huji.ac.il/ALEPH/HEB/TST/QSF/QSF/FULL/2469556

http://ram1.huji.ac.il/ALEPH/ENG/TST/QSF/QSF/FIND-ACC/0087353
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The Gallery "Jewish Heritage in Regional Museums of Lithuania"
includes pictures of Mazeikiai and some Families, taken from the book: "Mazeikiai
1968-1920" Photos, ed. B.Radziunas, A.Stanacius, MM 13969/1.
http://www.jewishstudies.lt/index.php?195362618

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Mazeikiai page in the ShtetlSeeker-Town Search section of JewishGEN:
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~shtetm~-2616566

Mazeikiai page in the Shtetls of Lithuania section of the LitvakSIG site
(hosted by JewishGEN):
http://www.jewishgen.org/Litvak/Shtetls/smazeikiaisk.htm

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