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For more than three and a half centuries Jews flourished in the Kaišiadorys region of Lithuania—the area between Lithuania’s two largest cities, Kaunas and Vilnius. It all came to an abrupt end during the Holocaust when the German SS Einsatzgruppen killing squads and their Lithuanian collaborators murdered most of the Jewish population and plundered their belongings. Jews of the Kaišiadorys Region of Lithuania tells the history of the Jews of the region from its earliest days, but with particular emphasis on the early 20th century and Holocaust periods. The history is enriched by the naming of people—not just events. The index lists more than 400 people of the area, mostly Jews. More than 200 pictures show the life and Jewish people of the region as it existed before the Holocaust. The book includes the towns of Darsūniškis, Kaišiadorys, Kruonis, Rumšiškės, Žasliai, Žiežmariai and, to a lesser extent, Gegužinė, Mūro Strėvininkai, Šilonys, Tartokas and Zūbiškės. 7"x10" 284 pp. softcover $45.00

Contents

FOREWORD v
INTRODUCTION vii
KAIŠIADORYS 1
 Community 1
 Professions and Trades 12
 Public and Religious Organizations 18
 Zionist Organizations 22
 Philanthropy and Social Care 24
 Sports 26
 Education 27
 Destruction of the Community 30
 Additional Pictures of the Jews of Kaišiadorys 38
KRUONIS 47
 Community 47
 Professions and Trades 51
 Religious and Social Life 53
 Destruction of the Community 54
DARSŪNIŠKIS 55
 Community 55
 Professions and Trades 56
 Religious and Social Life 57
 Education 59
 Destruction of the Community 59
 People 62
RUMŠIŠKĖS 65
 Community 65
 Professions and Trades 70
 Religious and Social life 74
 Education 80
 Destruction of the Community 81
 Additional Rumšišk?s Pictures 85
ŽASLIAI 89
 Community 89
 Professions and Trades 99
 Religious and Social Life 106
 Firemen 110
 Zionist Organizations 115
 Philanthropy and Social Affairs 122
 Culture and Sport 125
 Education 128
 Destruction of the Community 134
 People of Note 136
 Žasliai Train Station Settlement 138
 Additional Žasliai Pictures 141
GEGUŽINĖ, ZŪBIŠKĖS, ŠILONYS AND TARTOKAS 150
ŽIEŽMARIAI 152
 Community 152
 Professions and Trades 162
 Religious and Community Life 168
 Zionist Organizations 177
 Philanthropic and Social Organizations 180
 Culture and Sport 182
 Education 185
 Destruction of the Community 190
 Additional Žiežmariai Pictures 195
MŪRO STRĖVININKAI 199
RESCUE OF JEWS DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION YEARS (1941–44) 200
 The World Does Not Lack Good People 201
NECROLOGY 206
NOTES 214
INDEX 258