Pinkas Hakehillot Lita: Vepriai

“Vepriai” - Encyclopedia of Jewish
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Translation of the “Vepriai” chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita

Written by Josef Rosin

Published in Jerusalem, 1996

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Vepriai

Written by Josef Rosin
Translated by Shaul Yannai
In Yiddish, Veper

A county town in the Ukmerge district. A few Jewish families lived in Vepriai before WWI. In 1923, the town had 18 Jews. 13 people voted to the 18^th Zionist Congress in 1933. 12 of them voted for the Grossmanists' party, and one for the “Mizrakhi”.

The revolutionist, Moshe Gutman, was born in Vepriai in 1833. Subsequently, he was a delegate in Kerensky's temporary parliament. Gutman was murdered in 1939, during Stalin's “cleansing”.

In June 1941, when Germany conquered Lithuania, the fate of the Jews of Vepriai was the same as the fate of the Jews in the surrounding areas.

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Vepriai

Written by Josef Rosin Translated by Shaul Yannai In Yiddish, Veper

Written by Josef Rosin
Translated by Shaul Yannai
In Yiddish, Veper