A walk through Jewish Pakruojis            overall map 

Chapter 2

detail map 2:

 

 

 

We continue following the Darius ir Girėno gatvė street and see on our left:

At nr. 12 lived Sreider who kept a shop selling linen and cloths. In 1888 he sold the shop to Grimskis.

 

and on our right:

 

house 13;here lived Judelis Maktusas  (= Judele Maktus)

On his small piece of ground there were two houses: one for him and one for his wife.  She ran a small shop, selling e.g. herrings, honey and sugar. She kept a goat.

house 14;here lived Irsji Sjenkman (= Šinkmanas Iošas  = Josas Senkmanas)

He and his wife had two sons. They lived in a wooden house. Irsji Sjenkman sold grit from the Italian Dolomites.

 

At nr. 16 lived Tenys Kanas. He rented a room to the Hebrew teacher, called Wallerstein.

 

house 19; Kiršonniene Čerina (Erika)lived here. She was an elderly lady and she kept a small shop where she had all kinds of products.

The red door is still the original door.

house 18;here lived Čechovskis Ošeris -or Tsjechanovskij

 

 

Čechovskis Ošeris. - Tsjechanovskij - He was a Rabbi. He died a natural death in 1940, during Soviet rule and before the German occupation. He and his wife had three sons.
The youngest son was Fishel, but that was not his real name. He walked with a limp. He emigrated to South Africa. He and his wife had a son. They got divorced. Fishel died in the 1970´s in Israel.           

Monty Kramer assisted at Fishel´s wedding. He had the honourable task of pole holder of  the chuppa.

 

In the stone house nr.21, lived Lieke Furmoniene.

 

Yankel, the actor rented a room in her house. Yankel

At nr. 23, in a wooden house,  lived Mera Furmonaite. She rented a room to Tachmen, an agronomist.

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