O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552486
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten copy Handwritten, original 16 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Reine (Berkman) Slom, born in Zasliai, Lithuania, 1909, regarding her experiences in Kaunas, Alytus, Ziezmariai, Zasliai and other places Life before the war; move to Kaunas, life in Kaunas including work as a teacher. Outbreak of the war; escape with her husband towards the Soviet Union; escape to Alytus due to the driver's mistake; escape to the Sufjaniskis farm; life on the Sufjaniskis farm; German occupation; escape to Ziezmariai; escape to Zasliai; life in Zasliai; murder of Jews; restrictions on Jews; Lithuanian collaborators activities; Raisys and Stankevicius, Lithuania...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552487
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 6 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Collective testimony of Jehuda Barilas, born in Ziezmariai, Lithuania, 1919, and Reine (Slom) Berkman, born in Zasliai, Lithuania, 1909, regarding the murder of Jews of Ziezmariai Yehuda Barelis: Life before the war. Jews escape to the Soviet Union; German occupation, 25 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; abuse of Jews by Lithuanian collaborators; murder of Jews by Lithuanian collaborators; murder of a young woman named Bluma Ilansky; receives information from a farmer about the deportation of men to the Trakai district near Kaisiadorys; murder of men, 27 August 1941; murder of women and ...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552488
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 15 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Smuel Levin, born in Vilna, Poland, 1912, and Fajvel Mosnicki, born in Semeliskes, Lithuania, 1924, regarding their experiences in Semeliskes, Zeliwe, Trakai, Krasnapolis, with the partisans and other places Life before the war in Semeliskes. German occupation, 24 June 1941; abuse of Jews by Lithuanian collaborators led by Alisaukas Jones, Makunas and Audukonis; restrictions on the Jews; looting of Jewish owned property; arrest of Jews; murder of Jews; deportation to forced labor; abuse of the students of the Baranowicze Yeshiva, the yeshiva was moved to Semelskes in 1940; “Akt...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552489
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 3 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Noach Estrinski, born in Vievis, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in Vievis, in hiding in Semeliskes and with the partisans in the Rudnicki forest Life before the war in Vievis. German occupation, 24 June 1941; deportation to forced labor; restrictions on the Jews; looting of property led by Lithuanian collaborator, Vasilaukas; deportation with local Jews to Semeliskes, 20 September 1941; life in Semeliskes including in hiding; murder of Jews from Vievis, Zasliai and Semeliskes, 06 October 1941; murder of family members; escape to forests; life in the Rudnicki forest includ...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552490
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 5 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Aharon Levin, born in Aukstadvaris, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in Aukstadvaris and in hiding in a forest and villages Life before the war in Aukstadvaris. German occupation, 24 June 1941; attack on the Jews by Lithuanians; Lithuanian leadership comprised of Bingelis, Zutautas and Narauskas; murder of Jews; arrest and murder of Jews, 4-5 July 1941; deportation of the Jews to forced labor; "Aktion" against the Jews including Jews from Ohuskis, 21 September 1941; escape with the family to a forest; hidden by farmers; includes a list of names of Jews who were murdered; in...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552491
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten copy Handwritten, original 1 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Yerachmiel Shimanski, born in Krosna, Lithuania, regarding his experiences in Wysokidwor and the completion of the testimony of Aharon Levin Life before the war; move to Wysokidwor, 1940; life in Wysokidwor. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941. Completion of the testimony of Aharon Levin: Murder of the Abramowitz family in the rabbinate by Grotus, a Lithuanian policeman, winter 1942; murder of Jews by Antanas Plesavicius, a Lithuanian collaborator; deportation of the Jews to an elementary school; murder of Jews in Trok with the help of Lithuan...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552492
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 13 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Dwora (Plis) Gaus, born in Panosiskes, Lithuania, regarding her experiences in Kowno and Panosiskes Life before the war in Kowno. Outbreak of the war; escape to Panosiskes; German occupation, 23 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; attack on the Jews by Lithuanian collaborators; arrest of Jews; establishment of the civil authority led by the Lithuanian Pilipavicius; yellow badge; looting of Jewish owned property; deportation to forced labor; transfer of Jews to a synagogue, 1941; hidden in farmers' homes; receives information about the deportation of Jews to Troki; receives inf...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552494
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Devora Gaus.

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552495
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 7 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Gita Giliat, born in Ejszyszki, Lithuania, regarding her experiences in Ejszyszki, hiding places in Karklin and Mateikan Life before the war in Ejszyszki. Outbreak of the war, 22 June 1941; German occupation, 23 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; establishment of a Judenrat; confiscation of property and money; escape to Karklin; life hidden in a farmer's home; thrown out by the farmer; escape to Mateikan; life in Mateikan hidden by a farmer with a female friend; liberation by the Red Army. Receives information about the concentration of the Jews in Ejszyszki in a "Beit Midras...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552496
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 19 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Lejbe Kaganowicz, born in Ejszyszki, Poland, regarding his experiences in Ejszyszki, the Grodno Ghetto, Nacze forest and with the partisans Life before the war in Ejszyszki. German occupation, 23 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; establishment of a ghetto; attack on the Jews by Police Commissioner Ostrauskis, activities of the Mayor Juozas Stasiunas; arrest of Jews; rape and murder of Jews; confiscation of valuables including gold and silver, 21 September 1941; deportation to forced labor; receives information about the murder of Jews in Merkine and Varena; receives informat...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552497
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 2 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Saine Cholok, born in Russia, 1919, regarding her experiences in Ukmerge, the Kaunas Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Ukmerge Life before the war in Ukmerge; learns in a Hebrew high school; work in a laboratory; move to Kaunas, 1939. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; ghetto life; receives information from Ukmerge residents about the German occupation there, 24 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; robbery of Jews by Lithuanians and Germans; escape to Jewish refugees; transfer of the local civil authority by the Lithuaians; head of...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552498
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 23 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Collective testimony of Yisrael Katz, born in Giedraiciai, Lithuania, 1887, Breine (Gordon) Katz, born in Giedraiciai, Lithuania, and Miriam Katz, born in Giedraiciai, Lithuania, regarding their experiences in Giedraiciai and in hiding in the Ukmerge area Life before the war in Giedraiciai. Outbreak of the war; escape of Jews from Giedraiciai, Janova, Ukmerge, and Kaunas to Moletai; German occupation, 24 June 1941; return of the escapees; restrictions on the Jews; arrest of Jews, 06 July 1941; list of the names of those murdered, 08 July 1941; murder of Jews by Lithuanian collaborators Petr...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552499
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 7 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Nachum Kac, born in Gedraiciai, Lithuania, 1922, regarding his experiences in Giedraiciai, Sirvintai and in hiding Life before the war in Giedraiciai; attends a Lithuanian high school. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; arrest with Jewish youths, 06 July 1941; prison life; transfer of addition youths to the prison, 07 July 1941; looting of property; murder of 8 detainees; release with detainees with the help of a priest; list of names of those murdered; "Aktion" against men, 09 August 1941; transfer with the men to Sirvintai; order to lay da...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552500
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 14 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Joint testimony of Reuven Kranik, born in 1892, Sara Kranik, born in Sirvintai, Lithuania, 1894, and Rachel Kranik, born in 1929, regarding the experiences of the Jews in Musninkai, Sirvintai, Gelvonai and the Ukmerge district Jewish life before the war in Musninkai. German occupation; restrictions on the Jews; deportation of the Jews to a "Beit Midrash" (religious study hall); looting of Jewish owned property; transfer of the men to a prison; transfer of the women to the Posolyni courtyard; includes a list of Lithuanian collaborators; murder of Jews in Sirvintai; Jewish life in Gelvonai; G...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552501
• English, Hebrew
• 1948-1949
• Handwritten, original 5 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Collective testimony of Avraham Rash, born in Kretinga, Lithuania, 1915, and Avraham Shachar, born in Sesuoliai, Lithuania, 1910, regarding their experiences in the Kaunas Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Sesuoliai Avraham Rash: life before the war in Kretinga; attends a Lithuanian high school; life in Sesuoliai until 1933; move to Kaunas. Ghetto life; deportation to Dachau camp, spring 1944; life in Landsberg camp; liberation by the US Army, 02 May 1945. Avraham Shachar; life before the war in Sesuoliai; attends a Yiddish elementary school in Sesuoliai; move to Kaunas, 1930. Ghe...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552502
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 7 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Benjamin Kramer, born in Dubingiai, Lithuania, 1887, regarding his experiences in Dubingiai, in hiding in the Nemencine area and in hiding in Kliniki Life in Dubingiai before the war. German occupation; looting of Jewish owned property; murder of Jews; includes a list of names of those murdered on 08 July 1941; receives information about the murder of Jews in Joniskis and Inturke; activities of the Lithuanian collaborators led by the priests Zvinys and Petronis; notice to the Jews about the deportation to the ---- Ghetto; transfer to detention with Jews, 04 September 1941; tran...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552503
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 19 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Dawid Kagan, regarding his experience in the Siauliai Ghetto and Stutthof Move to Siauliai, 1938. Soviet occupation, 1940; German occupation, 27 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; arrest of Jews; establishment of a ghetto; ghetto life; crimes committed by Commander Krause and the collaborator Stankus of the Lithuanian police; deportation of Jews to forced labor; deportation of Jews to forced labor in the villages of Baciunai, Akmene, Daugai and Radviliskis; deportation of Jews to Zagare; murder of Jews with Jews from the area; "Aktion" against children, 05 November 1943; crim...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552504
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 34 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Testimony of Hirsz Szuster, born in Taurage, Lithuania, 1913, regarding his experiences in the Siauliai Ghetto, Kaiserwald, Stutthoff and Dachau Life in Taurage before the war; move to Siauliai; life in Siauliai including work as a house painter. German occupation, 27 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; arrest of Jews; establishment of a ghetto; ghetto life; deportation of Jews to labor digging peat in Baciunai, Daugai, Akmene and Radviliskis; attack on the Jews by Lithuanians led by Stankus, head of the civil administration; deportation of the Jews to Zagare; transfer of the Jews with the...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552505
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 19 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Collective testimony of Helman Fridman, Mordechai Bleyman, Berel Perecman and Szaine Perecman, regarding the experiences of the Jews of Zagare Life before the war in Zagare. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; escape of refugees; German occupation, 29 June 1941; transfer of the civil authority by the Lithuanians; restrictions on the Jews; abuse of the Jews; transfer of the men to a synagogue; deportation of the men to forced labor; establishment of a Judenrat; deportation of the Jews to a ghetto, 27 July 1941; transfer of the Jews outside of the ghetto; c...

• ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
• 3552506
• English, Hebrew
• Handwritten, original 7 pages/frames
• Updated 6 years ago

Collective testimonies of Reyne Kaplan, Chiene Peresetsky and Esther Bekin, regarding their experiences in Radviliskis, the Siauliai Ghetto, Linkaiciai and in hiding Life in before the war in Radviliskis. German occupation, 26 June 1941; restrictions on the Jews; attack on the Jews by Lithuanian collaborators led by Mayor Brazauskas Resko and others; deportation to forced labor; abuse and murder of Jews; deportation of the Radviliskis Jews to Zagare where they were murdered; escape to the Ghetto Siauliai; deportation to Linkaiciai Camp; escape and hidden by farmers; liberation.