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Translation of the Gelgaudiskis chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Josef Rosin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Pages 192)
Written by Josef Rosin
Translated by Shimon Joffe
This is a small town in the Sakiai district, near Neishtot (Kudirkos Naumiestis)-Sakiai. In 1799 it had 318 inhabitants with 6 Jews among them. In the 1930's, during the period of Lithuanian independence, the town had 3-4 Jewish families.
According to a survey conducted by the Lithuanian government in 1931, the Jews in Gelgaudiskis owned one textile shop, one wood mill and a brick yard. The fate of the Jews was the same as that of other Jews in the area after the German invasion.
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