Yisker-bukh fun Rakishok un Umgegnt

(Yizkor book of Rakishok and environs)

Edited by M. Bakalczuk-Felin, published in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1952

1.  Look at and read the original at the New York Public Library Digital Collection  (be sure to use the 'next' button to page ahead)

2. To see an English translation of the table of contents and preface, go to the Yizkor Book Project  (courtesy of Tim Baker and the JewishGen Yizkor Book SIG)

3. Although we have been unable to locate few living authors of the Yizkor book, we have been in contact with their descendants and all whom we have spoken to have generously agreed to allow us to use the material from the book for this web site. All hope that this will lead to renewed contact and more information about life in Rokiskis and of its many descendants.

4.  SIG member Jules Feldman has shared a biography of his family member Rachmiel (Richard) Feldman with us.  Rachmiel is the author of the Yiskor Book chapter entitled Childhood Joys.

Memorial plaque at Mt. Zion's Chamber of the Holocaust

(photo courtesy of Ada Green)

        Click here for a full-sized copy

Thanks to Professor Reuben Musiker and Naomi Musiker of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies for permission to use these clippings and letters

3. To see the Rokiskis Yizkor List, taken from Yizkor book of Rakishok and Environs, pp. 540-620, and translated by Steven Weiss, go to the Yizkor Book Project.

This list includes those killed in the holocaust in Rakishok and surrounding towns, as remembered by their families (although, it is not   a complete list of those killed in Rakishok).

4.  Click on the appropriate page below to see a partial index of the names mentioned in the Rokiskis Yiskor book.  This index was prepared for us by SIG member Rosalind Abrahams Romem.  Please let us know if you have any corrections or additions or can finish the index.

Page 1 - A through K

Page 2 - L through R

Page 3 - S through Z