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) |
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This photograph was taken on October 26, 1934. We obtained 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
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Special thanks to Ann Rabinowitz for all her help in getting these photos up on the web.
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