Photograph Album |
Won't you share your Rokiskis related family photographs with us? They provide a slice of life from Rokiskis that would otherwise be lost to us forever. |
The Young People of Rokiskis
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Young people planning to make aliyah in the 1930's.
(Photo from Jewish Lithuania, History and Pictures, 1959. Courtesy of Steven Weiss) |
to see memories written by Slovka Segal Sarver ,
who lived in Rokiskis, accompanied by some photos, in the Dusetos Yizkor
Book. (thanks to SIG member Hedva Scop for this
interesting link) |
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This photograph was taken on October 26, 1934. We got it from the Lietuvos Centrinis Valstybes Archyvas, the Lithuanian Central State Archives |
This is the information on the back of the photograph. Standing in the back are, from left to right, Ruvel Gafanovich and Yudel Weiner. In the front, from left to right, are Yankel Chait, Motel Chaitovich, Chaim Kruk, and Leiba Ruch. |
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The captions tell us that: 1. Ruvel Gafanovich was a tailor in Kaunas 2. Chaim Kruk was a watchmaker in Kaunas 3. Motel Chaitovich was 'exiled' 4. Yudel Weiner was 'exiled' 5. Leibe Ruch was a cap maker in Kaunas (See Ruch Family photos) 6. Yankel Chait lived at Kauno Street 17 in Rokiskis |
Photo Albums |
| Click on the names below to see the following family photo albums |
| Photos from South Africa - Aarons collection |
| Abrahams Family |
| Bor Family |
| Cantor Family |
| Katz /Meirovitz Family |
| Kruk/Kriger-Ruch Family |
| Meirowitz Family |
| Ruch Family |
| Sribnik Family |
| Special thanks to Ann Rabinowitz for all her help in getting these photos up on the web. |