house 4
In this house lived the rabbi and his family.
The name is unknown, people called him: Rabbin and greeted him also as Rabbin.
Read here about what does it mean to be a Rabbi
From the backside of this house, one gets easily to the synagogue and the former mikveh
house 5
In this house the Jewish children of Kurkliai were taught. In the chapter history you can read more about the school.
About Jewish schools in general:
First the children attended kindergarten which was under Jewish supervision. Then they attended Hebrew school (the Cheder) and finally the Lithuanian school. Kindergarten was for children aged 3 ½ till 5 (½). The Hebrew school was for children aged until 14 (8 grades). The children attended the Cheder from 8.30 a.m. till 3.30 p.m. They learned Hebrew, chumash (the "Five Books of Moses), science, history, maths and other basic studies.
There aren’t any photos left representing Jewish schoolchildren, but perhaps a descendant will have a look at this site and contact me if he/ she has some interesting photos for me regarding his ancestors who lived in Kurkliai.
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school
One photo I could retrace, representing the schoolchildren of Kurkliai in 1926.
The photo was taken 3 March 1926. According to Angele our guide on this photo there are some Jewish children, but who is who?
house 6
After the war, on the attic of this house there were found some interesting papers, e.g. telling about the belongings of each Jewish family in 1941, after they were taken to Ukmerge and murdered there. See also here
