Uzpaliai Holocaust Victims 

Yakov Kopelansky, a retired welder and supervisor in a tank factory, who was born and raised in Uzpaliai, survived the Holocaust, then life in Lithuania under Soviet rule, and now lives in Israel.  He is working on writing his memories of life in Uzpaliai both before and during World War II.  

Yakov estimates that in 1939 there were approximately 100 Jewish families, with about 800 members, living in Uzpaliai.  He thinks that from 10 to 15 people were still alive at the end of World War II.  He created the following list of almost 300 victims of the Holocaust from memory and asked that we not forget them.  He ended with the following words "That is the list of names that I remember.  I'm sorry a hundred times for those whose names I have forgotten.  I am sorry."

Bev Berkal, wife of Uzpaliai descendant Arky Berkal, worked on updating this list. She used Yakov's list and added names from Yad Vashem pages of testimony as well as Berkal family names.  

She used Revison Lists and Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony to add information such as the surnames of women and the names of children..  And Berkal family members searched their memories and provided  names and genealogical data for family members and people they had known in Uzpaliai.

 

Family Name

First Name

Year Born/Age

Relationships

Occupation

Comments

ANTESHVILSKY

David

Born 1897 in Skodotzishok

 

Jewish School Teacher

Single

ARON

Abba

Born 1922

Son of  Sara & Yaakov

Butcher

Single

ARON

Basha

Born 1924

Daughter of Sara & Yaakov

 

 

ARON

Dina

Born 1931

Child of Yaacov & Sara

 

 

ARON

Sara    

Born 1900  

Married to Yaacov

 

 

ARON

Gershon

Born 1927

Son of Yaacov & Sara

 

 

ARON

Shneiur

Born 1929

Son  of  Yaacov & Sara

 

 

ARON

Yaacov (Yeckiel/ Yankel)

Born 1891 in Poland

Husband of  Sara

Butcher

Parents  Mendel & Golda

ARON

Golda

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Chaim

Age 20

Son of Eliahu & Gita

Student

 

AIDELMAN

Daniel

  

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Wife of Daniel

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Daniel

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Daniel

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Daniel

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Daniel

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

David

 

Husband  of Rachelle

 

 

AIDELMAN

David

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Wife of David

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of David

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Eliahu Tzvi

Age 60

Husband of  Gita

Merchant

Son of Chaim & Treina

AIDELMAN

Gershon

Age 30

Son of Eliahu & Gita

Clerk

 

AIDELMAN

Gitte

 

Wife of Itsik

 

 

AIDELMAN

Gita

Age 58

Wife of Eliahu Tzvi

Housewife

 

AIDELMAN

Itsik

  

Husband of  Gitte

 

 

AIDELMAN

Nekha

Age 62

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Rachelle

 

Wife of David

 

 

AIDELMAN

Reuven

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Wife of Reuven

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Reuven

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Reuven

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Reuven

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Reuven

  

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Child of Reuven

 

 

 

 

AIDELMAN

Sheva

Born 1885 in Rokiskis

Wife of Shlomo

 

Parents Yehuda  & Rochel Kreistman         

AIDELMAN

Shlomo Leyba

Born 1871

Husband of Sheva, Son Khaykel, born in 1849

Tradesman

Brother Elia Girsh

AIDELMAN

Sisters

 

 

 

 

ALBERSHTAT

Katzel

 

 

 

 

ALBERSHTAT

Mother of Katzel

 

 

 

 

ANDALMAN

Moshe

 

 

 

 

ANDALMAN

Sister of Moshe

 

 

  

 

AVIN

David

Born 1917

Parents Mendel & Rivka

Tailor

Single

BARITIANSKY

Dina Rishka

 

 

 

 

BARITIANSKY

Israel

 

 

 

 

BARITIANSKY

Moshe

 

Husband of Sara

 

 

BARITIANSKY

Sara

 

Wife of Moshe

 

 

BERKAL

Michel

 

 

 

 

BERKAL

 

 

Wife of Michel

 

 

BERKAL

 

 

Child of Michel

 

 

BERKAL

 

 

Child of Michel

 

 

BERKAL

 

 

Child of Michel

 

 

BERKAL

 

 

Sister of Michel

 

 

BERKAL

 

 

Father of Michel

 

 

BERKAL

 

 

Mother of Michel

 

 

BIRGER

Avrom

 

 

 

 

BIRGER

Bluma

Age 18

Parents Yaacov & Gitel

Seamstress

 

BIRGER

Wife of Avrom

 

 

 

 

BIRGER

Dvora

Born 1910

Parents Yaacov & Gitel

 

Single

BIRGER

Eseh

 

Wife of Moshe

 

 

BIRGER

Gitel

Born 1875

Wife of Yaacov

 

Parents Zalman & Dvora Libman

BIRGER

Gnana

 

Parents Yosef  & Khaia Halbershtat

 

 

BIRGER

Hadasa

Age 20

Parents Yaacov & Gitel

 

Single

BIRGER

Chana

Born 1912

Parents Yaacov & Gitel

 

Single

BIRGER

Moshe

Age 60

Husband of Eseh

 

 

BIRGER

Yaacov

Born 1875

Parents Yosef (Or Israel) & Khaia,

Baker

Daughter of Zelman Berko & Chana Dveyra Libman

BIRGER

Yankel. Son of Iosel

Born 1868

 

 

 

BIRGER

Zama

 

 

 

 

BIRGER

Zalman

Born 1903

Parents Yaakov & Gitel

Baker

Single

BOGARAD

Chana Sara

Born 1905

Parents Pesakh & Hinda Rivka, Grandfather Nachman Flat, Born 1876

 

Married

BOGARAD

Nachman

 

Son of Pesakh & Hinda  Rivka

 

 

BOGARAD

Pesakh

Born 1865

Father Yankel

Rabbi       

Husband of Hinda Nachman

BOGARAD

Yaacov

Born 1900

Parents Pesakh & Hinda Rivka

 

 

BOGARAD

Yossel

Born 1871

Father Yankel

 

 

BOGARAD

Wife of Yossel

 

 

 

 

BOGARAD

Child of Yossel

 

 

 

 

BOGARAD

Child of Yossel

 

 

 

 

BOGARAD

Unknown

Born in 1870

 

Yeshiva Student

Married

BRUA (BRAVO)

Lipman

Born 1896

Husband of Ela Frida  Davidson

Living & Working in Rokiskis

Children: Rakhel Mira 13, Dvora 9, Avraham 7, Dov 5, Eugenia 3

EIDELMAN

See Adelman

 

 

 

 

EISEN

Beila

 

 

 

 

EISEN

Itskik

 

 

 

 

EISENHAMER

Yosef

Age 72

 

 

 

EISENSTEIN

Moshe

 

 

 

 

EISENSTEIN

Wife of Moshe

 

 

 

 

EISENSTEIN

Child of Moshe

 

 

 

 

EISENSTEIN

Child of Moshe

 

 

 

 

EVEN

Chaya Beva

 

 

 

 

EVEN

David

 

 

 

 

EVEN

Ishe Leib

 

 

Tinsmith

 

FEIN

Ester

Age 22

Daughter of Tzvi & Chana

Housewife

 

FEIN

Helena

 

Wife of Tzvi

Housewife

Father Yehuda

FEIN

Tzvi

Age 45

Husband of Helena

Waggoner

 

FEINBERG

Frida

Born 1885

Father Shimshon Kruk

 

 

FEINBERG

Shimshon

 

Son of Frida & Yona

 

Single

FISHER

Mordechai (Motke)

Age 40

Parents Elihenech & Sara,

 

Died Kavarsk Lithuania

FISHER

Wife of Mordechai

 

 

 

 

FISHER

Daughter of Mordechai

 

 

 

 

FISHER

Daughter of Mordechai

 

 

 

 

FISHER

Pesach

Born 1921

Parents Yosef  & Sara Rivka

 

 

FISHER

Sara

Born 1900

Parents Yaacov & Pesa Fleishman

 

Wife of Yosef

FISHER

Sara

Born 1868

Father Shlomo Shapiro

 

Husband Elihenech Fisher

FISHER

Yitzchak

Born 1919

Parents Yosef  & Sara Rivka

 

  

FLEISHMAN

Mendel

 

 

 

  

FLEISHMAN

Taipke

 

 

 

 

GAFENOWITZ

Cizke

Born 1903

Parents Izik & Bluma (Arik) Meizel

 

Married to Yitzkhak

GAFENOWITZ

Izik

Born 1926

Parents Cizke & Yitzkhak

 Student

 

GEIER

Mendel

 

 

 

 

GEN

Avrom

 

 

 

 

GEN

Wife of Avrom

 

 

  

 

GEN

Dina

Age 35

Parents Beniamin & Rakhel

Clerk

Single

GEN

Ela

Age 45

Daughter of Beniamin & Rakhel

Seamstress

 

GEN

Mery

Born 1912

Mother Rakhel Dovidovitz

Innkeeper

 

GEN

Nesse

Born 1908

Parents Bina & Rakhel Dina Dovidovitz

Innkeeper

Single

GEN

Rachel

Born 1875

Parents Eli & Fruma Dovidovitz

Innkeeper

 

GEN

Taibe

Born 1915

Mother Rachel Dovidovitz

Student

Single

GIL

Reisl

Born 1850

Daughter of Moshe & Henna Komet

 

Wife of  Yosef

GLIK

Yaacov

Born 1902

Parents Avraham & Rachel Lea

Merchant

Married

GORDON

Bella

 

Mother Sara

Maiden Name Fisher

Married

GORDON

Unknown

 

Husband of Bella (Belke)

 

 

GORDON

Unknown

Infant Less Than 1 Year

Son of Bella & Unknown Gordon

 

 

GRINBERG

Zalman

  

 

 

 

GRINBERG

Wife of Zalman

 

 

 

 

GRINBERG

Child of Zalman

 

 

 

 

GRINBERG

Child of Zalman

 

 

 

 

GRINBERG

Family

 

 

 

 

IZENSHTAT

Moshe

 

 

 

 

IZENSHTAT

Wife of Moshe

 

 

 

 

IZENSHTAT

Son of Moshe

 

 

 

 

JOSELOWICZ

Kalman

Age 68

Mother Perel

Tailor

 

JOSELOWICZ

Rivka

Age 64

Mother Perel

 Housewife

Single

KAMRAZ

Aaron Naftali

Born 1860 in Obeliai

 Husband of Zysl

Chief Rabbi

Parents Shabtai & Khaia

KAMRAZ

Aire

Age 35

Son of Aharon Naftali

Rabbi

Married

KAMRAZ

Zysl

 

Wife of Aaron Naftali

 

 

KAMRAZ

Avrom Yaacov

Born 1933

Son of Leib

 

 

KAMRAZ

Daria

Born 1875

Mother Ester Rachel

  

Wife of  Hersch