Typical Lithuanian Woodcarving

Alytus

Former brick synagogue

Lithuania Images - July 1997

Set A (48 images): including Vilnius, Panarai, Vilkija, Seredzius, Kaunus, Alove, Zarasai, Vilkomir, Vilkija...)

Copyright 1997, Michael Tobin

Ariogala

Postcard courtesy Richard Lutz.

Jonava

A crowded street in 1926

ShtetLinks - Jonava
Photo supplied by: Charlie Fleishman

Jonava

A busy street corner in 1926

ShtetLinks - Jonava
Photo supplied by: Charlie Fleishman

Jonava

A synagogue in 1926

ShtetLinks - Jonava
Photo supplied by: Charlie Fleishman

Keidan

The abandoned shul in 1995.

A Hole in the Heart
Copyright © 1996 by Andrew Cassel

Keidan

Young Keidaners, 1930s

A Hole in the Heart
Copyright © 1996 by Andrew Cassel

Kovno

48 pictures taken by Maurice Block
on a trip to Kovno in 1920

Photos courtesy of Eric Bloch

Kovno

Shoshana (Berk) Sarid (left) and
Henia (Wisgardisky) Lewin in Kovno ghetto in 1943

Courtesy of Henia Lewin
Kovno Ghetto (Bibliography)

Kovno

Inside Kovno Synagogue

Kaunas website

Kovno

Photo Courtesy of Ester Barchanovitz
of Buenos Aires

Kovno

Photo Courtesy of Ester Barchanovitz
of Buenos Aires

Linkuva

Market day in 19xx
From archive of Saul Issroff.

Original now in USHMM Washington

A Journey to Linkuva
Webmaster: ablumsohn@btinternet.com

Linkuva

Blumsohn family about 1916.

A Journey to Linkuva
Webmaster: ablumsohn@btinternet.com

Mariampole

The Great Synagogue and the "Beth-Midrash"
(Destroyed during the war)

ShtetLinks - Mariampol
Written by Joseph Rosin

Typical Lithuanian Woodcarving

Courtesy of Davida Noyek Handler

Neishtot-Tavrig
(Zemaiciu Naumiestis)

Synagogue, picture taken in April 1996

Shtetlinks - Neishtot-Tavrig
Photo supplied by Gerrard Rudmin

Olkeniki

Artifact attributed to Napoleon campaign

Olkeniki website
Contributed by Richard Breyer

Olkeniki

Cheder Olkenik 1912

Olkeniki website
Contributed by Solly Radowsky

Pasvitinis

Photo courtesy of Allan Blacher

Shkudvil

The Old Wooden Shule - Circa 1918  (Later used as the cheder)

ShtetLinks - Shkudvil
Researched and Edited by Henry Propp

Shkudvil

Circa 1918

ShtetLinks - Shkudvil
Researched and Edited by Henry Propp

Siauliai

Photo Courtesy of Yael Barenholtz
of Jerusalem

Siauliai

Photo Courtesy of Yael Barenholtz of Jerusalem

Simnas

Handwritten in Yiddish
"Beit Sefer Ammi Simna, TRPD"

Translates to
"The People's School in Simnas, 1924"

Supplied by Warren Blatt

Simnas

Synagogue

ShtetLinks - Simnas
Photo, copyright 1997,
Susan E. King.

Vilna

A gathering of shopkeepers, from
old postcard.

This photo was graciously donated by
Mr.Tomasz Wisniewski
Bialystok, Poland

Vilna

Man with wheelbarrow, from
old postcard.

This photo was graciously donated by
Mr.Tomasz Wisniewski
Bialystok, Poland

Vilna

Water carrier street scene, from
old postcard.

This photo was graciously donated by
Mr.Tomasz Wisniewski
Bialystok, Poland

Poland, Vilna, ca. 1930

Elderly Jews in a study house (bet midrash)

contact J. Ratner

Vilnius

Vilnius

Records of the Vilnius archives
Lithuania Images - July 1997

Set B (45 images): Alove, Alytus, Kaunus, Panarai, Seredzius, Vilnius, Vilkija

Copyright 1997, Michael Tobin

Vilnius

Vilnius synagogue.
Photo courtesy Michael Tobin

Vishtinetz

The old synagogue is now a barn.

A visit to Vistytis, 1994 By Bert Oppenheim

Yurburg

The Talmud Torah - Hebrew School
(from a 1926 postcard)

Shtetlinks - Yurburg
Material compiled by Joel Alpert

Yurburg

Haupt (High) Street about 1927

Courtesy of Helen Kizell Beiles
(Montreal, Canada)

Shtetlinks - Yurburg

Material compiled by Joel Alpert

Yurburg

The Wooden Synagogue built in 1790,
destroyed in 1941
(from a 1926 postcard)

Shtetlinks - Yurburg
Material compiled by Joel Alpert

Zeismariai

Old ruined wooden synagogue.
Was used for grain storage and to stable
horses until abandoned.

(Inside, you can still see the framework
where the women's gallery was,
and a space on the wall
where they tore down the ark.)