Keidan memorial book

Keidan Memorial Book
(Kėdainiai, Lithuania)
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Translation of
Keydan; sefer zikaron

Edited by: Josef Chrust

Tel Aviv 1977

Our sincere appreciation to Genia Hollander
for typing up the English text to facilitate its addition to this project.

This is a translation from: Keydan; sefer zikaron (Keidan memorial book),
Editor: Josef Chrust, Keidan Societies in Israel, South Africa, and the United States, Tel Aviv 1977 (H,Y,E 313 pages).

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Keydan (1977)

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

Introduction 7

Foreword [Y] 9

Kedainiai during troubled times 11

On the threshold of the 20th century 41

Between two World Wars 73

   Sports and youth organizations 75

   Education and Culture 89

   Religious life 105

Memories 127

Personalities and figures 179

Holocaust and Heroism 227

   Massacre and Resistance 229

   A road of suffering and struggle 243

   Survivors saved from the fire 281

The Song of Keidainiai [Y] 297

English

Preface II

An Old and New World Bernard Richards V

A Flag Comes Home After 16 Years XXXIV

The Keidaner Association in the States Charles Lipshitz XXXV

The Keidaner Association in South Africa Max Rochin XXXVII

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Introduction		7
Foreword [Y]		9
Kedainiai during troubled times		11
On the threshold of the 20th century		41
Between two World Wars		73
Sports and youth organizations		75
Education and Culture		89
Religious life		105
Memories		127
Personalities and figures		179
Holocaust and Heroism		227
Massacre and Resistance		229
A road of suffering and struggle		243
Survivors saved from the fire		281
The Song of Keidainiai [Y]		297

English
Preface		II
An Old and New World	Bernard Richards	V
A Flag Comes Home After 16 Years		XXXIV
The Keidaner Association in the States	Charles Lipshitz	XXXV
The Keidaner Association in South Africa	Max Rochin	XXXVII