JEWISH INHABITANTS
OF PANEMUNE IN THE 1900s
Rabbi Jeffrey A. Marx
June, 2007
1900-1907[1]
PERE ANKEL AND ROCHEL
SAMEL IMDEL[2]
RIVE ANKEL
CHAIE, DWOIRE, JUDEL, LORE[3]
SIMON ASEKER[4]
BEILE BERENSTEIN[5]
? BRAUN AND ?
MEYER[6]
CHAIM BREGSTEIN
GITTEL BREGSTEIN
MOSHE, MALKE BREGSTEIN
BASSE BRIBBEN[7]
SARAH CHAYET
LIEBE COK
WOLF DRUSKIN AND BRINE
FANYA[8]
RAFAEL DUVIAVSKY AND ?
RACHEL[9]
RUBIN, SAMUEL, LIPY DVORALISKY[10]
AARON FEINBERG AND ROCHANE[11]
CHAIM, ITTA, SCHEINE
TAUBE FINKELSTEIN[12]
Chane, Foide, Sore?
WOLF FRENKELSTEIN[13]
FRIDMAN[14]
DINE GOLUB[15]
CHAIE, LIEBE, SCHEINE
LEIB GRABOWSKI[16]
JOSEPH GRASSGRUN[17]
ROCHEL GRIBBEN[18]
ISAAC, ITTE, LIEFE
? GROIMAN and ?
AMALIA[19]
SCHLOIME GROLLMANN[20]
MOSES, ROCHEL FRIEDMAN[21]
MEJCHE HAK[22]
MINE HANDLER[23]
CHANE,GITTLE,LISIK
DAVID HEKKER[24]
DAVID KAGAN[25]
CHAIM KAHAN[26]
RAFAEL BER KALINKOVITCH AND GITL
HIRSCH, YAKOV[27]
MENACHEM KALINKOVITCH[28]
DAVID KARNBOWSKY[29]
? KATZ AND ?
CHAYA[30]
? KATZ AND ?
ALTER[31]
SCHLENNO KLATZKEN[32]
KOHN[33]
CHAJE, MOZES, REUVEN
WOLF LANDBERG[34]
BENJAMIN LERNER AND RACHEL LEAH
AVRAHAM[35]
CHERNE LEWIN[36]
BORUCH, GOLDE, REISE
EISEK LIFSCHITZ[37]
GOLDE LIPSCHITZ[38]
CHASCHE, HERSCHE, ZLATE
ABRAHAM MEYER[39]
YETTE MIRE[40]
HIRSCH POTREIKER[41]
LIEBE RABINOWITZ[42]
ABRAHAM, AELTE, FOSSEL
GOLDE RAGOWEN[43]
CIPE, SUPEL, BASCHE
LIEBE RUBINSTEIN[44]
ALEOJE, FANNY, ABRAM
ELIE SANDLER[45]
ALTER SCHAMESS
TOIBE SCHARAK[46]
NECHAME
CHAIM SCHATENSTEIN
RIVKE SCHWARTZ[47]
HIRSCH
? SHLIMAN AND ?
DAVID[48]
MOSHE CHAIM SHLIMAN AND SARAH
SHABTAI, DAUGHTER[49]
SCIVE VEBER
RACHEL VOROBEY
Beiche, Chaje, Leisec, Nissen
CHAIE WARELISKY[50]
ALTER ZISLER[51]
JUDSEKA ?[52]
SARAH[53]
1908-1909[54]
FOMA ABROZEVICH
FELIX BAKUSH[55]
LEIZER BARON
SIMCHA BARON
ZELIG BERINSTEIN[56]
? BERNATOVICH
YUDEL BIMSHTEIN
EVA BIUCHOVSKY
ABEL BRAUNSHTEIN
OVSEI BRAUNSHTEIN
YANKEL BRAUNSHTEIN
EIDA BREKSHTEIN
GIRSCH ZORACH BREKSHTEIN
IVAN BUBNOV
ABRAM BUDRIU
ABRAM MOSHE BUDRO
GIRSCH BUDRO
YANKEL CHERNIAK
ANTON DAVNORAS
EVA DOVGIALLO
GENRICH DUMINA
FOMA DZIALTVA
YAKOV YOSEF EDIL[57]
ABRAM FAINBERG
EREMIASH FAINBERG
MINA FAINBERG
ARON DAVID FAINSHTEIN
BER YANKEL FRANK
HANAH FRANK[58]
ITZKO FRANK
MOVSHA FRANK
YANKEL BER FRANK
MOVSHA FRID
RAFAIL FRIDMAN
SHLEMA FROK
KASPAR FRUM
NOKHIM GAK
YAKOV GALITZKY
ABEL GAMBURKH
DVERA GAMBURKH
AVRAHAM RAFAEL GOLDFELD[59]
ELIYAHU GOLDSTEIN[60]
NAFTALI HIRSH GOLDMAN[61]
? (HEIR OF GENRIKH GOP)
NOTEL GORFINKEL
NOTKO GORFINKEL
BER LEIBA GRAUMAN
SCHLOIME GROIMAN[62]
ELIEZER (ben MEIR) GRINBERG[63]
ABRAM GURVICH
CHAIM MENDEL GURVICH
NOKHIM GURVICH
NOLIM GURVICH
RABBI YECHIEL ELIEZER HELLIR[64]
JUDEL HEUDLER[65]
RABBI MORDECHAI-DOVID HENKIN[66]
MIKHL HOROVITZ
ABRAM ISAAK IPP
YOSEL ITZKOVICH
ELIASH KAGAN
YITZHAK ARYE LEIB KAHANA[67]
WOLF KATZENELSON
CHAIM BER KAUFMAN
CHAIM-LEIZER KAUFMAN
LIBERMAN KAUFMAN
SHEINA GOLDA KAUFMAN
ALFONS KIZEVICH
LIANG KIZEVICH
MORTKHEL KLEBANSKY
LAVRENTY KRUGLA
ABRAM KUCHKEL
PETR KUDENIS
BERKO KULINKOVSKY
GUTTA KULINKOVSKY
ELIASH KUSHEL
ESTHER LEVINSHTEIN[68]
YOSEL LEVINSHTEIN
FISHEL LEVINSON
LEIBA LEVINZON
? (HEIR OF LEIBA LEVINZON)
CHAYA LINDA
KAZIMIR LINEVICH
MEYERE LYUNDEN
SORA LYUNDEN
WOLF MARIAMPOLSKY
NOTKO MARKUZA
? (HEIR TO KHATZKEL MARKUZO)
ANDREI MATZIEVSKY
RUDOLF MAURUSHAITIS
LIPMAN MAZAL[69]
LEIBA MAZUR
YAN MEYER
SIMON MITZKO
AUGUST MIUSH
YANKEL DAVID MORKHELEVICH
KHONEL MORKUZA
CHAIM DAVID MUDRIUK
? (HEIR OF CHAIM DAVID MUDRIUK)
OSIP NAUISKAS
LEIBA NEIMARK
NOKHIM NORKUZA
VILHELM NORT
LEIBA PETREIKO
KARL PETZ
OVSEI PIURO
ANTON PODELSKY
CHATZKEL POVITZKY
ANDREI PROKOPOVICH
LEIZER RAFAIL
YURI RAULINAITIS
LEIB ROSENTHAL[70]
LEIBA ROZENTAL
? RUTKOVSKY
? TURKOVSKY
DAVID SAPIRO
LEIBA SEGAL
BERKO SHAMES
AIZIK SHAPIRO
CHANA SHAPIRO
DAVID SHAPIRO
EZRA SHAPIRO[71]
MOSHE AIZIK SHAPIRO
LEIZER SHAROK
ZELMAN MORTKHEL SHAROK
DAVID SHATENSHTEIN
ANDREI SHIRVAITIS
ESTERA SHKLIAMBERG
TZIUVIA SHKLIAMBERG
YOSEL SHLIMAN
MOSHE CHAIM SHLOMIN[72]
BARUCH SHMUKLER AND YENTL VARABEI
LEAH[73]
AUGUST SHREDER
ABRAM SHUSTER
YAKOV SIMINOVICH
OSIP SOKOLOVSKY
DANIL STANKVEIT
OSIP STATKEVICH
OSIP SUNELAITIS
KAZIMIR TRZHASKO
MATEUSH TULAS
REIZA TZESLITZKY
TAUBA TZIUBULSKY
SHOLOM TZODIKOVICH
ABRAM TZVIK? FRANK?
STANISLVA VALIOKAS
ABRAM ITZKO VEBER
CHAIM BER VEBER
LIBERMAN ITZKO VEBER
BORUCH LEIBA VEREBAI
ZAVEL VEREBEI
YANKEL LEIBA VILDOVSKY
MOSHA VILDOVSKY
MATVEI VOITKEVICH
? (HEIR OF AUGUST YANCHEVSKY)
KAZIMIR YANKOVSKY
FOMA YANUSHEVSKY
PETR YANUSHEVSKY
ZUSMAN YAVITZ[74]
KAZIMIR ZHILINSKY
MARIANNA ZHOLTOVSKY
OSIP ZHUKOVSKY
YANKEL ZIUGMAN
GIRSCH ZIUSLE
1910-1919[75]
LEV ABIR AND RACHEL
EDEL[76]
ROCHAMA ABRAMZON
ICLA BARON
KLARA BAROW[77]
SHEINA BERNSZTEIN
MAX BLIUMENTAL
HIRZ BREGSZTEIN AND CERNA
CHACKEL BUDRO
SHOLEM DOBKIN
HIRZ FINKELSZTEIN
ICKO (BEN CHAIM) FRANK AND YUDES[78]
YAKOV BER AND DEVERA FRANK
? FRID and Kuna[79]
son
ICKO GARZON
FEIGA DINA GOLDBERG
BASSIE GOLDSTEIN[80]
JOSEL GOLDSZTEIN
BASZA JONENZON
ELIE, LIBE KAGAN
LEIBA JANKEL KAPLAN
REBECCA KOTTNER[81]
RAIZA KUCKEL
CHAYA KUCZKEL
SZMUJLO LEWIN
SHEVACH-JOSEL LEVINSON
? LEVINSON AND ?
SHLOMO[82]
SHEINA MARIJAMPOLSKY
NOCHIM AND CHAYA MARKUS
LEIBA MLYNARKSY
CHAYA-DOBA MUDRIK
CHASIA-FEIJGA NEJMARK
SCHAELME RABINOWITZ[83]
CHANA ROZOWSKY
OSZER RUBINSZTEIN
CHAIM SCHAPIRO[84]
ISRAEL AND ITA SHAPIRO
MENACHEM SHARAKAS
AND LEAH ZILBERMAN
REUVEN, YEHUDA, MORDECHAI, SHOSHANAH, SENDER[85]
KOPEL, JEDIDE, SIWSHE SIGMAN[86]
JOSEF SINEWSKI[87]
MORDECHAI SHISTER AND ?
CHANA[88]
SEWA SILBER[89]
JOAFIM SONKINAS AND GISELE FROCK[90]
PHIMA, MAX, ISAAC, BERTHA, JOSEPH, ABRASHA, EDA, SONIA
ABRAM TONENSOHN[91]
DINA DWERA URIN
CHAIM WILDOWSKI AND ESTER[92]
GOLDE
ISER-BER WOLF
YAKOV YOSEF ZIGMAN AND CHAYA TOVA
BARUCH[93]
PASA ZVICK[94]
SHEINA ZVIK
1920-1929[95]
SHEINA GITEL AKABASIENE[96]
BLUME[97]
JOSEPH, BERTHA[98]
ABRASHA SONKINAS AND ASSIA[99]
ANNA FRANK[100]
? KATZ AND SARAH
NACHUM[101]
? ROSENTHAL AND CHANA RACHEL
PENINA, DINA, RACHEL[102]
JOSEL, BASIA SEGAL[103]
MICHAEL WIPIOWSKY[104]
1930-1941[105]
? BAK and ?
son[106]
CHAIM BRAVO[107]
CHAIM ZVI HIRSCH BREGSTEIN AND REBECCA (EPSTEIN)[108]
CHANA, JESSIE (JOSHUA)
MOISE BREGSTEINAS AND LISZ TZVIK[109]
GREGORY, DAVID
TCHERNE (KARPAS) BREGSTEIN
MORDECHAI CHERTOK AND GOLDA YANKELEVITZ[110]
AHARON DUVIANSKY AND RACHEL KALINKOVITZ[111]
MENACHEM MENDEL FEIN
YOCHANAN, JUDITH, TZVI, VERA[112]
FAIGAH FIEVELSON-SHULFUBRESKI[113]
SONYA GANZ[114]
GELBURT[115]
LIBUA GOLDIN AND
SHACHNA MUDRIK
YOEL[116]
LEON GRICENER AND SONIA SONKIN
REVA[117]
daughter and ?[118]
KAGAN
CHAYENE KALIENKOWITZ[119]
A KALINAUSKI[120]
? KALINKOVITCH
AND GUTEL KEREKES[121]
son and daughter[122]
ISAAC KAPLAN AND MIRIAM
ESTER[123]
ALTER KATZ AND JUDESKA
HINDE[124]
ELI KATZ AND SARAH KALINKOVITZ
YOSEF[125]
FAIVEL KATZ AND
CHAVA MATELSKI
ELIAHU[126]
? KAUFMAN and ?
2-3 sons[127]
YANKEL KAUFMAN[128]
LIPE KLOTZ AND RIVKA[129]
NACHMAN KODIKOW
AND FANYA EGLIN[130]
Raphael
BORIS KOPELOVITZ AND MUSHEL KLUG[131]
AVRAHAM LERNER AND FEIGA FELDMAN
BENJAMIN, ESTHER[132]
? MATELSKI and ?
children[134]
Yankel, Freidl, son[135]
HELENA MOSHINSKIS[136]
CHAIM MUDRIK[137]
SHMUEL MUDRIK AND CHIENA
RIVKA, SHLOMO[138]
ISRAEL MYOFFIS[139]
? NAIMARK and ?
2 sons[140]
MAX OFTZINSKY[141]
MICHAL PURVE AND MINA
MORDECHAI MOTEL[142]
? ROSOVSKI AND CHANA SHAPIRO[143]
MENDEL SHARKAS
AND LEAH ZILBERMAN
CHAIM, REUVEN, RAIZL[144]
REUVEN SHARAKAS AND
GOLDA ROZENBLUM
ELIAHU, SHMUEL LEIB[145]
SENDER SHARAKAS
AND CHANA SHISTER[146]
child
YEHUDA SHARAKAS AND RIVKA[147]
SCHLIEMAN[148]
? SHAPIRA AND
LEAH VARABAI[149]
YAKOV SHAPIRO AND
MINA LEIPUNER[150]
ALTER YITZCHAK MAYER SHAYMES
AND CHAYENA PELTENSHTEIN
AVIGDOR, ALTER (ZALMAN LEIB), BERYL DOV, RACHEL DEVORAH,
YAKOV DAVID, ABITUVYA, SORALEH[151]
BARUCH SHMUKLER
AND YENTL VEREBAI[152]
YAKOV SHTERNBLITZ AND CHANA[153]
LEAH SHTERNBLITZ[154]
JOAFIM SONKIN[155]
BERTA SONKINAS[156]
ABRASHA SONKINAS AND ASSIA
? TREVAX and CHANAH[158]
MEIR VARABAI AND DEVORAH NOVOVIEISKI[159]
son
? VEBER and ?[160]
TZILYA
YAKOV VOLAK AND CHANA
MENDEL, YOSEF[161]
YOFIN[162]
CHAIM ZISEL AND ?
ABIR
HIRSCH, SHEINA[163]
[1] Unless otherwise noted, all entries are from the Ellis Island Database. The data from this database must, however, be viewed with caution. Not all the emigrants’ town of origin, (spelled in the database, variously, as Panaman, Panamun, Panemon, Panemun, Panemune, Panemuni, Panamin, Panomon, Panyemun, Penemin, Peinemon, Ponjemon, Pojnemun, Ponemon, Poniaman,Ponomin, Poniemun, and Ponemony) were Aukstoji Panemune. (See Jeff Marx’s, “Panemune Locations,” 11/2004).
[2] Arrived 1904. (Ellis Island Database).
[6] Meyer born 1901. He later married Fanya Druskin. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[7] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1903).
[8] Fanya born in 1906. She later married Meyer Braun. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[9] Rachel born in 1905 and later married Aaron. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[10] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1903).
[15] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1905).
[19] Born in 1901 states Kaunas Internal Passport list, 4/29/1920. Living in Kaunas in 1920.
[23] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1905).
[24] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1907).
[25] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1905).
[26] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1907).
[27] Yakov was born in 1900 and was a tailor. He later married Sarah. Hirsch was born in 1906. Their brother, Shalom, was born in 1896. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[28] Born 1906. (It is possible that he is the son of Rafael and Gitl. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[29] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1905).
[30] Chaya born in 1901. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[31] Alter born in 1900. It is possible he is Chaya’s brother. He later married Judeska and had a daughter, Hinda, born in 1925. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[32] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1904).
[33] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1903).
[34] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1901).
[35] Avraham born in 1905. He later married Feiga Feldman. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[36] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1903).
[37] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1904).
[38] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1906).
[39] (Horwich, Op.Cit., p. 304.)
[41] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1905).
[42] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1905).
[43] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1907).
[44] Aleoje: Eliahu? (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1903).
[45] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1904).
[46] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1904).
[47] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1903).
[48] David was born in 1900. He later married Zina. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[49] Sarah parents were chaim David and Chaya Batya. She was born in Lithuania in 1875. Shabtai was born in 1906. A daughter was born circa 1907 and later married ? Grinberg. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[50] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1905).
[51] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1906).
[52] Born in 1903. She will later marry Alter Katz. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[53] Born in 1904. She will later marry Jacob Kalinkovitch. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[54] Unless otherwise noted, all entries are from Panemune Town Directory, 1908, Home Owners. This list includes Jewish and non-Jewish inhabitants. (See JewishGen, The All Lithuania Database. For caution in using the Ellis Island Database entries, see endnote to 1900-1907 list.)
[55] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1909).
[57] His name appears in the Prenumeraten list for Pardes ha-Binah in 1842.
[58] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[59] His name appears in the Prenumeraten list for Pardes ha-Binah in 1842.
[60] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. (See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[61] His name appears in the Prenumeraten list for Pardes ha-Binah in 1842
[62] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1909.) Probably Grolman. (See Schloime Grollman, arrived 1905.)
[63] His name appears in the Prenumeraten list for Pardes ha-Binah in 1842
[64] Av Bet Din His name appears in the Prenumeraten list for Pardes ha-Binah in 1842
[65] Probably Hendler. (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1909).
[66] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[67] His name appears in the Prenumeraten list for Pardes ha-Binah in 1842
[68] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[69] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[70] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[71] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[72] (1909 list of donors to help Eretz Yisrael. See Kagan, Yidishe Shtet, Op. Cit., p. 382.)
[73] Leah born in 1909. She later married Shapira. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[74] His name appears in the Prenumeraten list for Pardes ha-Binah in 1842.
[75] Unless otherwise noted, taken from Galina Baranova’s compilation “Jewish Businesses in Marjampol District 1911-1915”, in Landsmen, Vol. 12, Nos. 3-4, Dec. 2002, pg. 42. Though all names on this list owned businesses in Panemune, not all necessarily lived there. Some may have been living nearby, in Alexota or perhaps across the river in Kovno. For caution in using Ellis Island Database names which appear here, see endnote to 1900-1907, above.
[76] Edel was born in 1912. Lev was working as a merchant. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[77] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1916).
[78] He was 73, she was 64. Icko: Isaac? (External (International) Passport Files for Jewish residents of Suvalki Gubernia, 1885-1917, Chancery of the Suwalk i Government, fond 1010, Lithuanian State Historical Archives, Vilnius, Lithuania.)
[79] Alter Shaymes interview,
Jan., 2005. Their son married Miller’s
sister.
[80] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1914).
[82] Shlomo born circa 1920 and married Rivka. It may be that Shevach-Yosel was his father. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[83] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1913).
[84] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1911).
[85] Menachem born in 1881 in Lithuania, Leah born in 1887 in Lithuania. Reuven born in 1911, Shoshanah born in 1915, Yehuda born in 1913, Mordecahi born circa 1917, Alexander (Sender) born in 1919. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[86] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1913).
[87] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1913).
[88] Chana born 1920. She later married Sender Sharakas. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[89] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1910).
[90] Correspondence with Reva Sonkin Servoss, March, 2007.
[91] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1911).
[92] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1913).
[93] Baruch born in 1912 and became a merchant. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[94] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1913).
[95] See endnote to 1900-1907, above, for caution in using Ellis Island Database records which appear in this list.
[96] Born in 1897. She was a dentist. Degree in Kharkov, 1916. Living at Vytauto 30. (Lietuvos Medicinos, Farmacijos, ir Veterinarijos personalo ir istaigu. ["Lithuanian Doctors Pharmacists, & Veterinarians Personal & Official List ‑ 1922‑23"]. Published: Vld/Relk. Min‑jos, Sveikatos Departmento, Oficialis Leidinys, 1922‑23, 1925, Kaunas, Lithuania. Repository: Library of Congress, Cat. No. R713 .67 .L5A5 1922).
[97] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1921).
[98] Correspondence with Reva Sonkin Servoss, March, 2007.
[99] Correspondence with Reva Sonkin Servoss, March, 2007.
[100] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1922).
[101] Nachum born in 1921 and died in the Shoah. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[102] Penina born in 1928, Dina
in 1925, and Rachel, who later married ? Thorn, born circa 1927. (Yad Vashem
Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
He owned a shoe store and loved to serve as the leader of prayers at
services. (Alter Shaymes interview,
Jan., 2005.)
[103] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1923).
[104] (Ellis Island Database. Arrived 1920).
[105] Unless otherwise noted, names taken from interview with Zalman Shaymes and Ralph Codikov, former residents of Panemune, 1988.
[106] He was a butcher. His son may live in Milwaukee. (Alter
Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[107] He was born in 1906 in Lithuania and was working as a clerk. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[108] (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[109] (Lithuanian Holocaust
Survivors Lists, 1946).
[110] Mordechai was born in 1857.
They had a daughter, Hinde. (Yad
Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names). He built houses and sold them. (Alter Shaymes interview, Jan.,
2005.)
[111] Aharon born in 1896 and was a flourmiller. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[112] (Bregstein, Philo, "Grisja Bregstein is hier!", Vrij
Nederland, May 27, 1995, p. 38.) Tzvi
was known as “Bubke” (Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[114] (Lithuanian Holocaust Survivors Lists, 1946).
[115] Gitel was born in 1913 in Telz. Gelburt was either her maiden or her married name. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[116] Yoel born circa 1937. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[117] Coorespondence with Reva Sonkin Servoss, March, 2007.
[118] (Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[119] (Lithuanian Holocaust
Survivors Lists, 1946).
[120] (Lithuanian Holocaust
Survivors Lists, 1946).
[121] (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[122] (Alter Shaymes interview,
Jan., 2005.)
[123] Isaac was a manager. Esther was born circa 1925 in Lithuania. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[124] Alter born in 1900, Judeska born in 1903, Hinde born in 1925. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[125] Eli was born in Lithuania in 1896. Yosef was born in Lithuania circa 1925. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[126] Faivel born circa 1880 in Lithuania. Eliahu born in 1927 in Kaunas. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[127] He was a butcher. (Alter
Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[128] He was a doctor. (Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[129] He was a merchant. Died in the Shoah. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[130] Fanya born in Vilki in 1902. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[131] (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[132] Avraham born in 1905 in Panemune and worked as a grocer. Benjamin born 1929 in Panemune, Esther 1931 in Panemune. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[133] One daughter survived and the son, a Dr. in N.Y. (Alter Shaymes
interview, Jan., 2005.)
[134] (Alter Shaymes interview,
Jan., 2005.)
[135] He was a grain and flour merchant. (Alter Shaymes interview,
Jan., 2005.)
[136] Yahudut Lita, Op. Cit., p. 425.
[137] He was a cantor and shochet.
He had a daughter who had a son, Moshe. (Yad Vashem Central Database of
Shoah Victims’ Names). He was Shmuel’s
brother. He was a electrician. (Alter
Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[138] This family was all born outside of Panemune but living there just before the war. Chiena born in 1895, Rivka in 1922, Shlomo in 1919. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[139] He was the rabbi’s son and was a writer. (Alter Shaymes
interview, Jan., 2005.)
[140] He sold seltzer. (Alter
Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[141] Worked as a bookkeeper for
Trevax. (Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[142] Mordechai born in 1934 in Lithuania. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[143] Chana was born in 1876 and died in the Shoah. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[144] Raizl was working as a
clerk. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names). Mendel was a glazier. (Alter Shaymes
interview, Jan., 2005.)
[145] Reuven, who was Mendel’s
son, was born 1911 in Panemune, Golda born 1908 in Lithuania, Eliahu, born 1935
in Panemune, Shmuel Leib born 1937 in Panemune. (Yad Vashem Central Database of
Shoah Victims’ Names; Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[146] Sender, who was Mendel’s
son, was born 1919 and Chana born 1920,
both in Panemune. He was a watchmaker. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah
Victims’ Names; Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[147] Yehuda, who was Mendel’s
son, was born 1913 in Panemune, Rivka born 1915 in Lithuania. (Yad Vashem
Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names; Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[148] Either Zina’s father was Aba Schlieman or her husband David’s last name was Schlieman. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[149] Leah was the daughter of Baruch Shmukler and Yentel Varabei. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[150] Yakov was a shop owner. Born in 1869. He had a granddaughter, Rima. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[151] The family name was
originally Horowich. Avigdor born in 1934, Beryl Dov and Rachel Devorah were
twins. Alter Yitzchak was a grain and
flour merchant, though, in truth, his wife ran the business. The family settled in Panemune after WWI
because Reuven Miller’s wife was relative of theirs. (Yad Vashem Central
Database of Shoah Victims’ Names; Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[152] (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[153] Yakov was born circa 1900 in Lithuania. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[154] Leah was born in Kovno in 1924 and may have been the daughter of Yakov and Chana. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[155] Killed by Nazis in 1941. Coorespondence with Reva Sonkin Servoss, March, 2007.
[156] (Lithuanian Holocaust Survivors Lists, 1946).
[157] Coorespondence with Reva Sonkin Servoss, March, 2007.
[158] He, together with Feinberg (from Kovno) and a third partner, owned a brick factory. (Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[159] Devorah was born in 1901 in
Lithuania. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names). Meir owned a mill. Their son now lives on a
kibbuts. (Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[160] (Bregstein, Philo, "Grisja Bregstein is hier!", Vrij
Nederland, May 27, 1995, p. 41; Alter Shaymes interview, Jan., 2005.)
[161] Mendel was born circa 1931 and Yosef circa 1927. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[162] He was a rabbi. Married. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).
[163] Chaim born in 1895. (Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names).