Valkininkai, Lithuania

Olkeniki: a Town that Existed
(Valkininkai, Lithuania)
54°21' / 24°50'

Translation of
Ayara shehayta Olkanik

Publisher: Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, 1967

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator

Our sincere appreciation to Mr. Ron Kitrey, Hebrew Reali School in Haifa for permission
to put this material on the JewishGen web site.

This is a translation from: Ayara shehayta Olkanik
(Olkeniki: a Town that Existed),
Publisher: Hebrew Reali School in Haifa,
with the participation of the Associations of Olkeniki Jews (H 69 pages)

This material is made available by JewishGen, Inc. and the Yizkor Book Project for the purpose of
fulfilling our mission of disseminating information about the Holocaust and destroyed Jewish communities.
This material may not be copied, sold or bartered without JewishGen, Inc.'s permission. Rights may be reserved by the copyright holder.

JewishGen, Inc. makes no representations regarding the accuracy of the translation. The reader may wish to refer to the original material for verification.
JewishGen is not responsible for inaccuracies or omissions in the original work and cannot rewrite or edit the text to correct inaccuracies and/or omissions.
Our mission is to produce a translation of the original work and we cannot verify the accuracy of statements or alter facts cited.

Translated by Sara Mages

Title page	1
Introduction	2
Lithuanian Jewry	4
The economic situation of the Jews in Eastern Europe	7
Industry, Craft and Clerical Work in Olkeniki	8
Vocational training for the workers	10
Legend and reality in the town of Olkeniki	12

Opening remarks – Students	14
The town of Olkeniki	15
The Jewish community in the Diaspora	17
Mutual aid in the town	19
The educational systems in the Jewish communities	24
“Beit-Yosef” Yeshiva (Novardok/Navahrudak)	32
Interviews with former town residents	33

Pictures from Olkeniki	42
The role of the synagogue in the life of the Jewish community	43
The Great Synagogue in Olkeniki	45
Talmud–Torah societies	47
The “Simchat–Torah” holiday that was interrupted	48

The Zionist Movement	51
The Jewish Youth Movement	57
The Lithuanian Division	59
Partisans	63
A Torah Scroll – A memorial candle	67
We will remember	68
The memorial ceremony – Book of remembrance	69

Cover photo – Baruch Elihai Was published by the administration of the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa, with the participation of the Association of Olkeniki Jews.

Yizkor Book Project JewishGen Home Page

Yizkor Book Director, Lance Ackerfeld
Emerita Yizkor Book Project Manager, Joyce Field z”l
Contact person for this translation Ernest G. Fine
This web page created by Lance Ackerfeld

There have been visits to this page since the 20 Feb 2014