The ‘Vaistine’, the pharmacy belonged to the Jewish family Baras. The husband was a doctor and his wife was a pharmacist. They had one daughter called Ljuba. As Karolina, one of our eye-witnesses, recalls: Father Baras was very fond of his daughter and hugged and kissed her very often. The family was v one (the only one in the whole village ) and therefore attracted a lot of young children . They liked it very much to press the bell button and make a run for it. Karolina worked in Baras' household for one year. All of the Baras family were shot in 1941.

After the big fire of 1930, Shapiras and his family had to look for another house, because their own house (between housenr. 100 and 101, see map) was burnt down. It was a big house divided into two parts. The two Jewish families who lived there were related to one another. Schmuel Shapiro and Sotcha Lang were brother and sister).

Shapiro's house (41)

 In 1930, Shapiras bought another house in Rozalimas. This beautiful house (number 41) belonged to a landlady called Konstancija Bagdonaviciene, who returned to her homeland Poland. Lang and his family left Rozalimas after the big fire, they settled in Panevezys. All of them were murdered in 1941 except for Yitzhak who emigrated before the war to his aunt Mary Shapiro Leibman.

People told us that there was a beautiful fence around family Shapiras'house. Near the house there was a barn without walls but with a roof. In this barn the family kept a tame roe. The children of Rozalimas often visited the barn to see this interesting and exciting animal. Shapiras was a trader and middleman in crops. He sold his goods in Panevezys. He owned horses and carts. He was one of the richest men of Rozalimas. He and his wife had one daughter and a few sons. (our eye-witnesses couldn't recall the exact number of sons). We do know now the names of their children. They were Etka, Moishe, Chono and Mayer. One of the sons is shown in the following picture.