I am hoping someone will be able to help with some information on the
journalist and author Levi Shalit. I believe he was a famous son of
Roksikis. I suspect he is a distant cousin but have had surprisingly
little success in finding any records on his family. any help would be
much appreciated
Shana Tovah
Michael Kransdorff
- have no idea but my research into my Shalits has taken me to Simnas,
Lithuania but I can find absolutely nothing on any of them immigrating to
the US. They settled in Portland, ME and in the Boston, MA area. I have
located Naturalization records and just found one with a "date of entry" but
have not been able to search for ships that came in on that date - yet!!
There are several of us "cousins" who are trying to solve this puzzle and
you are most welcome to join our search.
Jo Kilbourn
Looking for:
Shalit, Abrams, Levitt, Levenson/Levinson, Vineberg among others
- There was a Levi Shalit (1916-1994) who was born in Kuybyshev, Russia, and
who survived Dauchau and later became the editor of the "Afrikaner Yiddishe
Zeitung" in South Africa. Is this the person you are looking for?
If so, it appears that he was not a native of Rokiskis.
Ann Rabinowitz
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Even though Levi Shalit was born in Kyubyshev, Russia, that doesn't mean that he wasn't a Raskishoker. In 1916 when he was born, many Litvaks from the area near the WWI frontline had been deported to the Volga Region where Kyubyshev is located (my own relatives were shipped to Saransk and Penza). It seems likely that his parents were from Rokiskis and took him back there after they returned from Russia. While technically not a Rokiskis native, he is listed among famous townsmen in the “Rokishok” chapter from Pinkas Hakehillot Lita.
Paul Silbert
Perth, Western Australia
Title Beyond Dachau: memories, reflections
Author Levi Shalit
Publisher Kayor, 1980
ISBN 0620045191, 9780620045193
Length 188 pages
Subjects Holocaust, Jewish
Lithuania but I can find absolutely nothing on any of them immigrating to
the US. They settled in Portland, ME and in the Boston, MA area. I have
located Naturalization records and just found one with a "date of entry" but
have not been able to search for ships that came in on that date - yet!!
There are several of us "cousins" who are trying to solve this puzzle and
you are most welcome to join our search.
Jo Kilbourn
Looking for:
Shalit, Abrams, Levitt, Levenson/Levinson, Vineberg among others
- There was a Levi Shalit (1916-1994) who was born in Kuybyshev, Russia, and
who survived Dauchau and later became the editor of the "Afrikaner Yiddishe
Zeitung" in South Africa. Is this the person you are looking for?
If so, it appears that he was not a native of Rokiskis.
Ann Rabinowitz
--------------------
Even though Levi Shalit was born in Kyubyshev, Russia, that doesn't mean that he wasn't a Raskishoker. In 1916 when he was born, many Litvaks from the area near the WWI frontline had been deported to the Volga Region where Kyubyshev is located (my own relatives were shipped to Saransk and Penza). It seems likely that his parents were from Rokiskis and took him back there after they returned from Russia. While technically not a Rokiskis native, he is listed among famous townsmen in the “Rokishok” chapter from Pinkas Hakehillot Lita.
Paul Silbert
Perth, Western Australia
Title Beyond Dachau: memories, reflections
Author Levi Shalit
Publisher Kayor, 1980
ISBN 0620045191, 9780620045193
Length 188 pages
Subjects Holocaust, Jewish
Boston, MA area. I have
located Naturalization records and just found one with a "date of entry" but
have not been able to search for ships that came in on that date - yet!!
There are several of us "cousins" who are trying to solve this puzzle and
you are most welcome to join our search.
Jo Kilbourn
Looking for:
Shalit, Abrams, Levitt, Levenson/Levinson, Vineberg among others
- There was a Levi Shalit (1916-1994) who was born in Kuybyshev, Russia, and
who survived Dauchau and later became the editor of the "Afrikaner Yiddishe
Zeitung" in South Africa. Is this the person you are looking for?
If so, it appears that he was not a native of Rokiskis.
Ann Rabinowitz
--------------------
Even though Levi Shalit was born in Kyubyshev, Russia, that doesn't mean that he wasn't a Raskishoker. In 1916 when he was born, many Litvaks from the area near the WWI frontline had been deported to the Volga Region where Kyubyshev is located (my own relatives were shipped to Saransk and Penza). It seems likely that his parents were from Rokiskis and took him back there after they returned from Russia. While technically not a Rokiskis native, he is listed among famous townsmen in the “Rokishok” chapter from Pinkas Hakehillot Lita.
Paul Silbert
Perth, Western Australia
Title Beyond Dachau: memories, reflections
Author Levi Shalit
Publisher Kayor, 1980
ISBN 0620045191, 9780620045193
Length 188 pages
Subjects Holocaust, Jewish