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Ukmergė 2 - With Aleksejus Bakaloras in Ukmergė

In the summer of 2005 Aleksejus Bakaloras showed us what was left of Jewish history in Ukmergė. He also went with us to the killing spot. He survived the war.
 
Aleksejus Bakaloras
 
Former Great synogogue of Ukmergė

 

Former synagogue behind the great synagogue
   
Interior Great synagogue, now a sports facility
 
Aleksejus in front of his former Hebrew school
 
Former synagogue opposite the Hebrew school, where the students practised their knowledge
   
Near the entrance of the former Jewish dentist house
   
Aleksejus standing before the memorial stone (1972) on the former Jewish cemetery of Ukmergé
   
At the killing spot
   
Aleksejus before the shoe factory where he used to work as a shoemaker. The factory was Jewish property before the war
   
On this spot there was a synagogue, next to the Hebrew school
   

 


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