Testimony on the Murder
of the Jews of Shkud, Lithuania
(Skuodas, Lithuania)
56°16' / 21°32'
Translation of
Ha-Edut al ha-retsah Yehude Shekod shebi-Lita
Editor: Hana Brener, Haifa 2001
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(Testimony on the murder of the Jews of Shkud, Lithuania),
Collated, translated & edited: Hana Brener, Haifa 2001
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| Testimony on the murder of the Jews of Shkud, Lithuania |
1 |
| Events in Shkud during the week before the start of the war |
8 |
| With the Eruption of the War |
9 |
| The Driving Out of the Women and Children |
11 |
| Dimitravas and Alka Hill |
12 |
| Words of the Certificates |
14 |
| The Funeral of the Bones in Shkud |
15 |
| The Destruction of the Jewish Cemetery of Shkud, Z”L |
17 |
| This is a holy memorial to those who fell on the Russian Front among the partisans |
18 |
| An addition to eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust of the Jews of Shkud |
19 |
| Witnesses who are alive, accusing the murderers (from the newspaper “Tiesa”) |
21 |
| The Road of Torment |
23 |
| Names of the killing places of the murdered |
26 |
| Witnesses in the Klaipeda trial |
29 |
| About a False Witness |
31 |
| Names and Details of Jewish Shkud Citizens Killed 1941-1945 |
32 |
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| News articles |
| Gathering for Commemoration of Victims of Fascism |
“Musu Zodis,” 22 June 1963 |
106 |
| Gathering to Commemorate Victims of Fascism |
Name, date, author unknown |
107 |
| No One Is Forgotten: Where A Silent Forest Sighs |
“Musu Zodis,” Nov 17,1966 |
108 |
| Trial Process of Fascist Murderers in Klaipeda |
Name, date, author unknown |
109 |
| Article by V. Miniotas and S. Laurinaitis |
Name of publication, title of article, date unknown |
109 |
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| Appendix |
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