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Abram Rafayelov FLANK, glazier, living in Venden since 1871, from
Shavli
(Kovno guberniya)
his wife Ginde, 48 years old
his daughter Khaye, 22 years old
his daughter Taube, 16 years old
his daughter Frumme, 10 years old
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Seeking information regarding ABRAHAM MICAH LEWIN, born in SIAULIAI
(SHAVLI)
KOVNO circa 1851 to MOSES LEWIN and BASHA nee COHEN. Migrated to
LONDON
and then to AUSTRALIA in June 1886. Name changed to ADOLF LEVIN.
JULES HOFFMAN
Melbourne, Australia
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Dear colleagues and friends
Allow me to congratulate some of the Siggers like "Dr. Menahem Luz"
,who is writing in the right way
the yiddish names of the Jewish Communities: as Shavli (Siauiliai).
In order to help the Litvak Siggers to find the right solution
you are friendly invited to "copy" in the right way of writing and
spelling the names of:: THE JEWIISH COMMUNITIES
AND LOCALITIES IN THE INTER-WAR LITHUANIA.
This basic information of about 420 Jewish Localities can be found
very
easy in of the two editions (2002- 2004) of my
book THE LIVAKS - A SHORT HISTORY OF JEWS IN LTHUANIA, published by YAD
VASHEM JERUSALEM
HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN LITHUANIA
Shavu'a Tov
Prof. Dov Levin
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
<dovlevin@cc.huji.ac.il>
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Subject: Re: [litvaksig] Rabbis
Rabbi
Ezekiel of "Shavli", 1731-1808 and possibly a rabbi Jacob Rabinowitz of
Shavli and possibly also a Rabbi Modecai Rabinowitz Krozer.
From "Yahadut Lita" Valume 3
Shavli Rabbis; page 364
Reb Yechezkel (Ezekiel) son of Reb Meir Luntz was a rabbi of Shavli
from 1748 until 1808 his son Zvi Luntz was also a rabbi/ Mo"tz in
Shavli from 1808 to 1839.
there was also Rabbi Eliezer son of Zeev Luntz in Shavli.
There was a Rabbi Ytzhak Isik Rabinovitz- son of Aharon born in 1785
and died in 1853 he was Av Beit Din in Shavli for 38 years. he wrote;"
Netay Neemanim " and "Ateret Ytzhak" - his son; Rabbi Chaim Rabinovitz
( 1831- 1876) replaced him in Shavli - was rabbi there for 13 years.
By the way...My husbands' grandmother was Dr. Ada- Yeta nee Rabinovitz
Levitan from Shavli (1897- 1977 Israel)
There are many other Rabbis from Lithuania with the last name
Rabinovitz
There was Rabbi Mordechai Rabinovitz from Kruz who was from a well
known family.
his brother (Yaakov Elion) ' son was Rabbi Yekutiel- Leib of Zazmir
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The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names
Zvi Hirsh Levitan was born in Veliuona, Lithuania to David. He was a
clerk and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Kaunas, Lithuania. During
the war was in Kaunas. Hirsas died in the Shoah. This information is
based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 20/12/1956 by his cousin
Rivka Bolel of Ramat Gan, a Shoah survivor from Shavli -------------
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In the Vaski Guestbook I found a letter, archived October 1, 2003
My friend, Mr Porat, gave me an article's copy about Posval region's
Jews in Lithuania from your Vashki Web-Site.
I was very glad to read it I was most excited to see my Grand father's
name; Avraham Hofenberg mentioned there, what for I'm thanking you
very much.
My parents were born in Vashki/ Shavli - Lithuania. They have made
Aliya in 1924 - for reasons of ideology (Socialist Zionists). Mother
Hayna neen Yatskan passed away in 1965. Father Yerakhmiel Hofenberg
deceased in 1975.
My mother as said above was born to the Yatskan family, a son of which
went to Warsaw where he founded the "Haynt" the renowned Yiddish
journal. I do not have details about the Yatskans but I'm ready to
investigate my father history. His story is not necessarily a
rabbinical one, but as a local workers' leader during the First World
War. He unified and organized forced workers, under the German rule,
in the circumstances of then and at the German rule of then,
naturally.
He established a dramatic band, which presented "The Kreutzer Sonata"
on the stage.
At the premiere he was offered N. Bialik's poetry volume with a
dedication in Hebrew.
I cannot find a name or address , but may be the writer would be
interested at reading more about Yaskan
onhttp://www.becker-ks.com/haynt/
a translation prject of Chaim Finkelstein's book about the newspaper
Haynt.
Could you forward this to her?
Thanks,
Lucas Bruyn
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To: Kendall Anna-Celia
Dear Anna,
Today I talked with Ahuva Henis in Rehovot . She knew
she was related to your grandfather; Shmuel Yaacov Yazkan, creator of
The "Hayntz". He was the "pride" of the family. Her mother was Zelda
nee Yazkan. She told me that her grandfather; Feivel or Feive Yazkan
was a Rabbi. He studied the Torah all his days. His wife : Dreyze
Liba, not only took care of the nine children they had, but also ran
the business ( Raw materials to make fabrics). It is not a surprise
that she died at the age 45. Age 45 was very different for her
daughter; Zelda ( after many miscarriages she became a mother for the
first time at about that age!). After the death of his wife, Feive
Yazkan had to take care of the business since the younger of the 9
children were still at home. Just before world war 1 he became sick
with cancer. At one time he made a huge sale in exchange for a sack
full of gold. Since he was sick and could not carry it, he exchanged
it for large amount of rubles. Soon the Germans invaded Russia and
hard times came- in the Spring of 1915 Jews were taken by the Russians
from western Lithuania to the east, since they feared that the Jews
are Germans spies. Feive Yazkan died and left the czarist rubles to
his daughter Zelda. Zelda was born c 1885 in the Area of Shavli in
Northern Lithuania ( most likely she was the oldest daughter and born
in Vashki). She married Shulman from Kalem ( Lithuania).
She was a devout Zionist and before going to Israel she resided in
Finland. Since she was a socialist and knew that she would need a
profession in Israel, she decided to study as an apprentice; She
studied fur hats making!
When she to came to Israel in 1922 there was little use for it. Six
years after their arrival a miracle ! she had a daughter. Ahuva was
born in 1928. Ahuva, like her other two female cousins in Israel, was
named after their grandmother; Dreize Liba. Shoshana is Hebrew for
Dreize or Rosa and Ahuva is Hebrew for Liba. How does Ahuva know about
the czarist Rubles?
One time in her childhood Ahuva became sick. Her loving mother wanted
to take her mind of the pain. She gave her the container with the
rubles, which she took with her to Israel, and let her cut the money
and make an art piece out of it!
Ahuva is married to Prof. Yigal Henis. They live in Rehovot, Israel
(Prof. Yigal Henis and Ahuva knew my father; Dr.Sali Gordin, since
he was also on the faculty of the Hebrew U. in Rehovot ). They have
two sons ( one named Ilan)
Other information I found on the internet;
YASKAN, Iudel Day Laborer; Petit Bourgeois; 3 in family
Box Taxpayers 1892 Panevezys Kaunas KRA/I-49/1/17524
YATSKAN, Fayvus ( must be Ahuva, Shoshana and Shragas' grandfather
Petit bourgeois, 3 in family, ,from the town of Konstantinov (
Vashki_ I created a site for the shtetl)
Box Taxpayers 16 September 1893 ( the other children must have been
born later) Zeimelis /Panevezys /Kaunas KRA/I-49/1/17524
YATSKON, Shulim son of Iudel
small proprietor, well-to-do; 4 males, 3 females in family
Box Taxpayers 31 -December 1892 Vabalninkas
Panevezys -Kaunas KRA/I-49/1/17524 ( Your grandfather was born in the
same shtetl in 1874 so he would be 18 and could be one of the 'males"
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YATSKON, Shulim son of Iudel Rabbi Electors May
1899 Vabalninkas
YATSKON, Iosel Mendel son of Shulim
Rabbi Electors 1899 Vabalninkas
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YATSKUN ?, Sholom son of Pinkhus ( must be first cousin of Shulim son
of Iudel )
7 men in family, shoemaker, poor
Box Taxpayers 15
July 1885 Suvainiskis -Zarasai Kaunas KRA/I-49/1/14650
In Jewishgen family finder I found 2 Researchers for the name and I
cc one of them;
Surname Town Country Last
Updated Researcher (JGID Code)
Yatzkan Kaunas Lithuania 8 Feb 1998 Tom Woods (#10743)
4024 West 16th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V6R 3E1
Canada
Yuskan Kaunas Lithuania 15 Apr 2004 Scott Andrew Hamilton (#101684)
Riffle Range Road
Proserpine, QLD
4800
Australia
scottgt2003@hotmail.com
YATSKAN, Moise / Found in France
Kaunas Lithuanian Holocaust Survivers Lists /1946
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 09:00:12 +0100, Kendall Anna-Celia
> Dear Eilat,
> Thank you very much for all your care.
> Yes indeed my aunt Rachel and her son Yves made a trip to Israel.
They both
> made painted scarves and ties. They were living in Paris were Rachel
had
> studied medecine in the pre-war period. Rachel died in 98 and Yves
died
> lately. They both were named Jackan.
> I will write to Shraga. I will have to study the names you reported,
I will
> have to draw the tree for I am a bit lost at the moment...
> le 01/02/05 03:28, Eilat Gordin Levitan à
eilat.gordinlevitan@gmail.com a
> écrit :
>
> Dear Anna,
> I talked with Shraga ( son of Chyene nee Yazkan) and his first
cousin;
> Shoshana the daughter of Avraham Yatzkan.
> They said that your grandfather was the brother of their grandfather;
> Feyve Yazkan.
> Shoshana told me that c 1963 she met a daughter ( Rachel) of your
grandfather
> who came to Tel Aviv from Paris with a son? . She came to visit at
her
> mothers' house and her mother asked her to come- she came for a short
> time and she remmembers that the woman said that she paints
> scarffs.Since both she and Shraga have many cousins they dont have
> much details but they would be happy to receive a letter from you- I
> will give you their address and phone # in the next email. Their
> grandparents were Faive Yaktsan ( died during the first world war of
cancer) and Liba Dreyze ( died at age 45) and they had at list 9
> children;
> Children of Faive and Liba Dreyze Yazkan;
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 1. Avraham Yazkan came to Israel in 1923 (father of Shoshana Mernin
born
> 1928)
> 2. Cheina married Yerachmiel Hofenberg and came to Israel. had
> Shoshana in 1924 and Shraga in 1927
> 3. Zelda Shulman Yazkan came to Israel in 1922 she had a daughter
Ahuva ( born 1928 who married Prof. Yigal Henis. They live in Rehovot,
Israel. They have two sons ( one named Ilan)
> 4. Tuvia or Tevel Yatzkan came to Chicago and had a son that was
> killed in the Korean war
> 5. Chana Yatzkan came to America she had children that met Shraga and
> Shoshana
> 6. Taube? Yatzkan came to America she had children that met Shraga
and
> Shoshana
> 7. daughter Yatzkan came to America
> 8. daughter Yatzkan came to America (maybe last name Shmidt)
> 9. son Yatzkan came to America never married
>
> Children of Yosef and Fruma Yatzkan from the Yad Vashem report have
> many of the same first names so they must be also first cousins of
> your mother;
>
> 1.Cheina Kushnir nee Yatzkan was born in Subacius, Lithuania in 1906
> daughter Sonia survived ( she nust have been a young girl during the
> holocaust- her sister perished at age 10)
> 2. Moshe Yatzkan born in Vabolnik
> 3. Avraham Yatzkan born in Vabolnik( wife Masha , one child
survived-
> Could the Masha relative that Shoshana talked about be the child
> daughter?r )
> 4. Meir Yatzkan was born in Subacius
>
> Searching for Surname YATZKAN in all lithuania data of Jewishgen
> Your grandfather;
> Surname Given Name Comments Town Source Year
> YATZKIN Sh teacher, writer Panevys, Lith. Hamelitz #11 1900
> YATZKIN Shmuel
> Panevys, Lith. Hamelitz #82 1899
> YATZKIN Shmuel Yakov
> Vilnius, Lith. Hamelitz #108 1895
>
> YESKIN Mikhael son of Pavl
> lived; Vilenskaya Street 34 in Vilnius in 1915
> Vilnius Vsia Vilna (City Directo
>
> JACKUM, Chiena born;1893 Pasvalys
> Panevezys
> JACKUM, Tauba born; 1894 Pasvalys
> Panevezys
> JACKUM, Tavel born; 1896 Pasvalys
> > JACKUM, Chana born; 1898 Pasvalys Panevezys
>
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>
> JACKAN, Mejer born; 1895 lived in 1942; Ligonines 13 - 1 Vilna Gaon
State Museum of Lithuania Vilnius Ghetto: Lists of Prisoners Volume
1 year; 1942
> JACKAN, Meri born; 1905 Ligonines 13 - 1 Vilna Gaon State Museum of
Lithuania Vilnius Ghetto: Lists of Prisoners Volume 1
> JACKAN, Wulf born; 1936 Ligonines 13 - 1 Vilna Gaon State Museum of
Lithuania Vilnius Ghetto: Lists of Prisoners Volume 1 1942
> --------------------------
> Zeimelis/Panevezys/Kaunas
> YATZKAN Tuvia son of Feive Head of Household age 20
> moved from Vaskai 2 years ago; merchant 2-June- 1920
> Pasvalys Registration of Jews 1888-1940 YIVO/Folder 421
> YATZKAN Chiene daughter of Feive Sister of Tuvia age 25 ( born 1895)
> moved from Vaskai 6 months ago 2-June-1920
> Zeimelis/ Panevezys/Kaunas YATZKAN Chana daughter of Feive Sister of
> Tuvia age 15 - moved from Vaskai 6 months ago; dairywoman 2 June
> 1920
>
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> Druja/Disna/ Vilnius revision list
> IOSKIN (?) Nokhim son of Ayzyk Head of Household age 27
> October/ 1850
> IOSKIN (?) Ayzyk Nokhim' Son 25
> IOSKIN (?) Chaim Nokhim' Son 25
> IOSKIN (?) Abram Nokhim' Son 6 1844
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Dr. Ytzhak Levitan was born in Shavli in 1881. He studied Medicine in
Berlin and settled in Kovno. He was sent with his wife to Siberia (by
the Soviets) for Zionist activities. in 1947 he returned to Lithuania.
His wife was able to come to Israel and reunite with the surviving
grandchild. Their only son, Dr Moshe Levitan, perished with his wife
in Kovno in 1944. Their baby (Uri) survived and now lives in Israel.
You could read his story in Kovno stories |
Subject: Shavli/Shiauliai Research Question
From: "Boris Feldblyum" <bfeldbly@capaccess.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:07:22 -0400
X-Message-Number: 21
THere was a business owner in Shavli in 1915 whose name started with K.
D
I do not know if D is a part of the given name, e.g. Kasriel-David, or
if it is
the first letter of the last name, e.g. K. Davidson. It may also be
possible
he/she was not Jewish.
Does this ring a bell with anybody?
THank you very much,
Boris Feldblyum
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| Dear Eilat,
I saw you message and I am wondering if we have any connection. My
family are from Siauliai and this is our connection with the Kantor
family thrugh David Louis born in Trisick in Latvia. The family all
emigrated to South Africa
Do the names mean anything to you?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Trevor Waner
Rehovot, Israel
Descendants of David Louis (Liba) Kantor
1 David Louis (Liba) Kantor b: in Trisick, Latvia d: Mar 1980 in
Brakpan, South Africa
. +Chaia Waner b: 18 Aug 1902 in Shavel, Lithuania d: 12 Dec 1990 in
Johannesburg, South Africa
...... 2 Betty Kantor b: 01 Apr 1923 in Shavel, Lithuania
.......... +Morris Kowalsky b: 1916 m: 1945 in Brakpan, South Africa
d: 03 Dec 1992 in Johannesburg, South Africa
...... 2 Barney Kantor b: 1924 in Shavel, Lithuania d: 21 Jan 2001 in
Johannesburg, South Africa
.......... +Ediline Herman b: in Boxberg, South Africa
...... 2 Harry Kantor b: Jun 1926 in Shavel, Lithuania
.......... +Dora Muskat b: 01 Aug 1935 in Johannesburg, South Africa
...... 2 Mary Kantor b: 16 Jul 1933 in Brakpan, South Africa d: 21 Feb
2003 in Johanesburg, South Africa
.......... +David Pincus b: 20 May 1927 in Leslie, South Africa m: 19
Feb 1956 in Brakpan, South Africa
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Let me clarify. If one sends the donation to LitvakSIG and designated
for
Siauliai District Research group, one would get ALL of the records that
we
now have plus any in the pipeline AND the Siauliai District Internal
Passports as they are translated. 2,873 of the Internal Passports have
already been distributed to members of the group.
Carol Baker
Coordinator, Siauliai District Research Group
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Could anyone tell me whether the 19th century records for Jews in the
town
of shavli (Siauliai) are so few because they were destroyed
or because they have not yet been transcribed\and or published on
jewishgen.org
thanks
menahem luz
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As well as the city of Siauliai currently under discussion, there was
also what I assume to have been a real shtetl called Siaulenai, also
known as Shavlan. My grandfather Isaac RUBINSTEIN was born there in
about 1866. His father, Israel Judah RUBINSTEIN, was a rabbi, but
I'm not sure whether his synagogue was there or elsewhere..
My grandfather's brother, Sloma E. RUBINSTEIN, was living in Siauliai
in December 1940; he wrote to my grandfather (who had emigrated to
the US) from there, but he doesn't seem to have been aware of the
dreadful fate that was in store for him and the other Jews of
Lithuania.
Ellie Weld
Twickenham, Mddx, England
searching for RUBINSTEIN: Lithuania to South Africa to England to the
US
ABRAHAMS: England to Australia to South Africa to
England
ROSENZWEIG: Poland to Sweden to the US
LANDESMAN: Hungary (now Slovakia) to the US
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I'm a beginner "geneologist", trying to reconstruct some of my family
history, and currently concentrating on the first world war. My
maternal
grandmother, Miriam Iosselovich (Josselowitz or Yoselevich) was born in
Siauliai (Shavl or Shavli) in 1910. She remembered a period in her life
when her father, Avraham Iosef, was gone for a few years - when he
returned he was so changed she couldn't recognise him. I'm guessing
this
corresponded to World War I, which she remembered as a period of
incredible hunger and food shortages as well.
I read Anatolij Chayesh's fascinating article on "The Expulsion of the
Jews from Lithuania in the Spring of 1915"
(http://www.jewishgen.org/Litvak/HTML/OnlineJournals/expulsion.htm).
From what I can gather in this article, the Germans reached Shavl on
April 17th 1915. The Russians burned the city down before leaving it.
The Russians where able to recapture Shavl on April 28th. The Jews were
expelled as potential German spies from the entire Russian-controlled
part of the Kaunus region on about the 4-8th of May. By mid to
late-July
1915, the Germans had re-captured Shavl, and stayed till 1920 or so.
Apparently, a total of 150,000 Jews were expelled to districts in
eastern Ukraine.
In another article on Shavl, it claims: "On May 7, 1915 One-hundred and
eighty Jews were reported abducted by the Germans in Shavel. Two
daughters of the government rabbi (presumably Rabbi Aharon Leib Heller)
were taken as hostages by the Germans, because he refused to act as
Mayor." (http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/shavli/shavli2.html)
However, May 7th seems to correspond to a period when Siauliai was
under
Russian control!
I'm trying to guess if my grandmother's family would have been exiled,
and if so, where. I don't believe my grandmother or her family ever
spent time in eastern Ukraine. The places she mentioned are Kovno
(Kaunas), Vilna and Shavl. Maybe her family (or at least her mother and
siblings) left to live in Vilna during the war.
So, my questions are:
What was the Jewish population/total population of Shavl at the
outbreak
of World War I?
On what exact date where the Jews of Shavl expelled?
How and by whom was the expulsion organised?
What is the calendar of German/Russian control of Shavl during the
first
world war?
Did any Jews remain in Shavl after the expulsion?
Did all of the expelled Jews go straight to the Ukraine, or would some
have had to opportunity to relocate to Vilna?
Did the expelled Jews lose all of their property? Was there any way for
the Jews to protect their property during the war period?
Is it likely that only the head of the family would have been expelled?
If not, what other reason could account for him "missing" during the
war
years? What was the age of Jews conscripted into the Russian army?
When did the expelled Jews return?
Were they officially allowed back into Independent Lithuania?
How were they treated on their return? Did they have to start life
again
from scratch?
I realise these are difficult questions to answer, but maybe somebody
else has done some research into the same period!
Best regards,
Assaf Urieli
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As far as can be determined, the following vital records for
Siauliai exist in the Lithuanian State Historical Archives (LVIA).
Births - 1882 and 1910 - 1939.
Marriage and death - 1922 - 1939.
Some years may be missing.
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Message: Dear Lewitan family,
My father's sister, (Sala) was married to a man named Avraham Lewitan. He was
born in Warsaw, Poland.
Avraham's father, named Yeshayahu was born in Siaului, Lithuania (if I'm not
mistaken) and settled in Warsaw. Avraham is the only member of the family,to
have survived(he survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising together with his wife and
daughter, only to be caught in a burning building (Aprill 1943), to be sent to
Treblinka(he survived this camp and several others) this is how we know who and
how they perished. Avraham had a sister who emigrated to Israel(early 1930's),
and they were in the construction business. Avraham settled in Eretz Yisrael
after the war and remarried.
Would Avraham Lewitan be any relation?
He passed away only a couple of years ago. I recently was told this story and
I'm sorry I never met him.
Geri Levine (geri@levinecorp.com) |
| In the March 25, 1910 issue of The Jewish Chronicle:
Yoffe:Kaplan
On the 13th of March, 1910, at Smaldeel, ORC, by the Rev. Mr. Frysch, Annie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Yoffe, late of Kelem (Kelme), Russia (Lithuania), to Samuel, third son of Mr. Yossel Kaplan, of Schawel (Siauliai), Russia (Lithuania). Both of Kroonstad |
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