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                    dedicated to the memory of the Gitner family and all
                    the other Jewish families who considered Litin their
                    home. 
                Other Spellings: Lityn (there maybe also
                  another town by this spelling)  
                  Possible variations in spelling using the soundex
                    of the Ellis Island Database 
 Where is LITIN ? Latitude 49 19  N, Longitude
                  28 4  E , Altitude 836 feet (254 meters) If you draw a line from Medzhibozh,
                    through Letichev to Vinnitsa (Vinnica), the line
                    will go through Litin.
 Near-by towns & cities: Vinnista - Vinnitsa
                    Region Jewish Community Chmelnik
 
 "Not to know what happened before
                      we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For
                      what is the worth of a human life unless it is
                      woven into the life of our ancestors by the
                      records of history?" --- Marcus Tullius Cicero,
                      106-43 B.C.
 
                Background Information Documents
 In every generation each person
                      must regard himself as if he himself had come out
                      of Egypt, as it is said: "And thou shalt relate it
                      to thy son on that day, saying, this is done on
                      account of that which the Lord did unto me, when I
                      came forth out of Egypt."(Exodus 13:8, Passover
                      Hagadah) 
                  Necrology
                        of Litin from Yad Vashem Testimonies and other
                        sourcesIf there are names that look like
                      they are listed twice, that is because there are
                      may be two testimonies in the Yad Vashem Database,
                      given by different people.
  Bits
                        & Pieces of Information from the Ukraine
                        DatabaseFamilies
                        found in the Montifiore Census of 1875 in Eretz
                        IsraelFamilies
                        that Immigrated to AmericaFamilies
                        that Immigrated to Eretz Israel  Holocaust
                        Memorial Name List Catalog - Links to
                      documents available through the Yad Vashem's
                      "Shoah-Related Lists Database". The link is to the
                      search engine, where you type LITIN in the the
                      field labeled place. The documents are in
                      Russian/Ukrainian.
                    
                      List of Jews from Litin and its
                          surroudings, Vinnitsa, U.S.S.R., who either
                          perished in the Holocaust or fell at the Front
                          during their Red Army service A list of Jews from Litin who
                          were murdered in the years of 1941-1943 A list of people from Litin
                          who perished in the years of 1941-1943 List of Jews from Litin,
                          Vinnitsa district, who were shot dead in 1941 List of Jewish soldiers who
                          fell from Litin, Vinnitsa district, U.S.S.R.,
                          during their Red Army serviceImportant
                        Chassidim, 1865 (List of Volhynian Tsadikim,
                      1861 and 1865)From the Denunciation on Tsadikim and their Bad
                      Influence, 1861 and 1865
 Kishinev - People with
                        connections to Litin in the Kishinev Vital
                        Records DatabaseLitin-Podolier
                        Plot at MT. Hebron Cemetery NY
                    
                  Ohel Shem -
                        Source of materials on Rabbis of Litin
                  Rabbis of
                        Litin Income Taxes
                        for Podolia - 1883 - "Box Taxes and Candle
                        Taxes" Testimonies
                        of Ghetto Lityn Selected
                        Records of the Soviet State Extraordinary
                        Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes on the
                        Territory of the Soviet Union 
                        Subscribers from Litin for the publication of
                        Har Bessamim 1897
 Memoirs, Family Stories & PicturesSome of the stories are PDF files, in
                    order to read the stories you will need the Arcobat
                    Reader which you can download free from the
                    following site.
 
 
 Books & Articles - Bibliography
 
                  Arad, Yitzhak, Plunder of
                          Jewish Property in the Nazi-Occupied Areas of
                          the Soviet Union. Yad Vashem Studies,
                      vol 29
Chapin, David A. & Weinstock,
                      Ben (2000) The Road from Letichev.
                      Lincoln, Universe Com. Inc. Does not mention Litin but tells about Podolyia,
                      the area of the Ukraine where Litin is found. Good
                      for getting a feeling of the life style.
 
                    Heifetz, Elias, J.U.D.,
                        (1921)  The
                              Slaughter of the Jews in the Ukraine 1919.
                        New York, NY, Thomas Seltzer - contains
                        testimonies of witnesses.
Hoffman, David B. & Gircyte,
                      Vitalija, (2001) Collection of Box Taxes in
                          19th-Century Lithuania. AVOTAYNU XVII
                      No.3 
Luckin, B., Sokolova, A., &
                      Khaimovich, B., (2000) One Hundred Shtetls
                          of Uraine: Jewish Communities of Podolia
                      (russian) Vol. 2, St. Petersburg704 pages, 380 illustrations,
                      50 maps. The second volume is devoted to the
                      shtetls of Southern Podolia. It contains three
                      large introductory articles, 15 articles of
                      important Jewish center of the area and historical
                      information about 16 smaller places (see table of
                      contents). Contains pictures of furniture and
                      artifacts from Jewish homes.
 
Mandel, Moshe, (1984) Tales of Lytin
                      (Stories are in hebrew, the Table of Contents is
                      listed here in english.) The Encyclopedia of Jewish
                          Life Before and During the Holocaust
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