The
following list includes names of former members of the Jewish community of Mazheik,
who died after the Holocaust..
The
list was compiled from the following sources (the codes refer to the
“source” column in the table):
Being
unable to verify the accuracy and completeness of this list, we apologize in
advance for possible inaccuracies and/or incompleteness in the list, including
names that were mistakenly spelled, included or omitted, or any other
inaccurate details. Any corrections will be accepted with gratitude.
|
Surname |
Given names |
Remarks |
Source |
|
Aharoni |
Kalman |
Emigrated to the USA, lived in Toledo, Ohio |
NF, PI |
|
Aharonovitz |
Zeev |
|
NF |
|
Alfon |
Pura (?) |
|
YT |
|
Arenstam-Itzikson |
Shoshana,
married to Eliezzer Arenstam |
Daughter to Esther Lubavitsch and Yoseph Itzikson, arrived in Eretz Yirael in 1936/7 |
PI |
|
Bachner |
Gita (nee Lichtenstein) |
Member of Kibbutz Givat-Brenner |
YT |
|
Beitz |
Chaya and husband Yitzhak |
Yitzhak escaped to the USSR and made Aliyah |
YT |
|
Binyamini |
Yaffa (nee Kakst) |
|
YT |
|
Birzansky |
Leib and wife Rachel |
Made Aliyah during 1930’s, owned a delicatessen shop in Israel |
NF, YT |
|
Birzansky |
Rivka |
|
NF |
|
Bloch |
Dr. Sheine – Shoshana and brother Shalom |
Their father had Rabbinic Smichut from Telz; Shalom was the first commander of Beitar in Mazheik |
NF, YT |
|
Bloch |
Gita |
|
NF |
|
Calebria |
|
|
NF |
|
Gurevitz |
Zivia |
Daughter of Dobe |
NF |
|
Gurevitz |
Dr. Fruma |
Was pediatric doctor in Mazheik; was rescued by a Lithuanian colleague doctor |
NF, YT |
|
Feirstein |
Gita (nee Trigobov) |
Daughter of a Zionist activist who was among the founders of the “Tarbut” pro-Gmnasium in Mazheik, and sister of Yehoshua Trigor. For some time Gita was member of Kibbutz Gan-Shmuel. |
YT |
|
Halbin |
Miryam |
|
YT |
|
Hesselson |
Aryeh |
Teacher and headmaster of the “Tarbut” pro-Gymnasium in Mazheik, and the Schwabe Gymnasium in Kovna. Was deported to Siberia and made Aliyah. |
YT |
|
Iting |
Moshe (d. 2004) and wife Yocheved (nee Spiegel,
d. 2003) |
Made Aliyah 1936, was a mounted policeman at the Palestine Police (“Gephir” / “Notter”) and later a seaman with Zim, Israeli shipping company |
NF, PI |
|
Iting |
Shlomo (d. 1996) and wife Chaya (nee Nadel) |
Played football with Maccabi Mazheik, made Aliyah abt. 1934, was among of the builders and first dockers of the port of Tel-Aviv |
NF, YT, PI |
|
Kelner |
Shlomo |
Member of Beitar movement, one of the few survivors from Kovno Ghetto |
NF, YT |
|
Kolin |
Sarah (nee Kakst) |
|
YT |
|
Leibovitz |
Nelly and Avraham |
Avraham died during exile in Siberia |
NF, YT |
|
Levitt |
Berl |
Possibly same person as Dov Levitt (?) |
NF |
|
Levitt |
Dov and wife |
Was among the leaders of Mazheik Jewish community, active at ha’Oved ha’Zioni, member of town council, deputy commander of volunteering firemen in Mazheik |
YT |
|
Lichtenstein |
Dr. Meir and wife Shoshana |
Meir was son of Chaim Lichtenstein, one of the founders of the “Tarbut” pro-Gmnasium in Mazheik |
NF, YT |
|
Lipnitzky |
Eliezer-Zvi, Dov-Isaac |
Eliezer-Zvi was chairman of Mazheik landsmanshaft in Israel |
NF, YT |
|
Minster |
Yossef and wife |
|
YT |
|
Offien |
Bruria and Shmuel |
|
NF, YT |
|
Offien |
Zipora |
|
NF |
|
Offien |
Yossef |
Was among the pioneers of Kibbutz Afikim and one of the first pilots in Israel |
YT |
|
Orenstein |
Pnina (nee Lipnitzky) and Aryeh |
Aryeh was member of ha’Shomer ha’Tzair youth movement |
NF, YT |
|
Orkin |
Zipora |
|
NF |
|
Peires (Porat) |
Avraham |
|
YT |
|
Peires (Porat) |
Yaakov and wife Elke |
Yaakov was a businessman and public activist |
YT |
|
Peires (Porat) |
Yaffa |
|
YT |
|
Pilpel |
Zipora (nee Lipnitzky) |
|
NF, YT |
|
Rabinovitz |
Dr. Israel, his brother Peasch Navot, their father and wife Fruma |
|
YT |
|
Rabinovitz |
Shlomo |
Fell in action at Israel War of Independence |
YT |
|
Rabinovitz |
Zilla, widow of Yossef Rabinovitz, and son Tuvia |
Zilla was a Zionist activist. Tuvia was member of Beitar movement, died while studying in “Mikve-Isarel” agricultural school |
YT |
|
Rubel |
Dov and wife |
|
YT |
|
Rubel |
Yossef, Rachel, Henia |
|
NF, YT |
|
Rubel |
R’ Shabtai and wife |
|
YT |
|
Schlezing |
Ruth |
|
YT |
|
Schlezing |
Zalla |
|
YT |
|
Schlezing |
Zilla, Chaya |
|
NF, YT |
|
Shachmundes |
Shmuel |
|
YT |
|
Shamir |
Zipora
(nee Offien) |
|
YT |
|
Shapira |
Rivka
(nee Kakst) |
|
YT |
|
Trigobov |
Gita |
|
NF |
|
Wachs |
Carmela and Rachel |
|
NF, YT |
|
Wachs |
Yehuda (NF) / David (YT) |
Fell in action at Israel War of Independence |
NF, YT |
|
Yoffe |
Sheine (nee Peres-Binyamini) |
|
NF |
|
Yoffe |
Dr. Cahya-Chesia, dentist, and Sarah |
Chaya was married to Dr. Less |
NF, YT |
|
Yoffe |
Dr. Eliezer, physician, and wife Dr. Shoshana, dentist |
Lived in Jerusalem |
YT |
|
|
|
|
|
Ye’he
Zichram Baruch יהא
זכרם ברוך
May
their souls rest in peace.