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8 housenr.2No human beings lived in this house. It served as a factory for the Jewish family Machatas. They treated the wool in such a way ready for the women to use it on a spinning-wheel. The Machatas family rented the house from Lescinskiene. |
 housenr.27 |
| The Jewish family Machatas, who used
housenr.2 as a factory, lived at housenr.27 (Machatas house at nr.27 and
Machatas house at nr.58 were brothers). They lived in one part of the house and
in the other part of the house they kept a butcher’s shop. The Machatas were a
large family. They are the only Jewish family, I heard of, with the men wearing
everyday yarmulkas (Jewish skullcaps) on their heads. It seems that one of the
sons was mentally ill, and that it was he himself who lit the fire in 1930.
During the summer of 1941 the German Nazis and their collaborators entered
Rozalimas to gather the Jewish citizens to shoot them, but luckily one of
Machatas’ sons managed to escape. His name was Joskis. He hid in the house of
the Lithuanian family Antanaites, who lived in a village, called Moniunai, about
3 kilometres from Rozalimas, on the road to Klovainiai. The Antanaites were poor
farmers. He stayed there as long as the German Nazi Occupation and terror lasted.
After the defeat of the German Nazi army by the Soviets in 1944 Joskis went to
Israel, where he died. Local people told me, that his son has returned to Kaunas.
I tried to trace him, but I wasn’t successful. By publishing this booklet I
might be able to trace him. |
 housenr.
26 |
| One of the daughters of the Machatas family kept a shop for sweets and cakes. This shop was situated at housenr. 26. She rented it from Montvila. The daughter’s name was Senke. She lived in her parents’ house (nr.27). All of the Machatas family were shot in 1941, except for Joskis. |
 housenr.
100 |
| The Jewish family Klovanskis lived at housenr. 100. The family consisted of father, mother and two daughters who were very gifted with needle and thread. The two young women made beautiful handicrafts and sold them to the people. Father Klovanskis tried to earn a living by making brooms. The local people told us the family was very poor.The whole family was shot in 1941. |
 housenr.
29 |
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The Jewish man Smuila(Sjmoejla) rented
housenr.29 from Pranauskas who had the house built in 1909. He lived there with
his son Orkis who was loved by the young ladies from the village, because he was
such a terrific dancer! Before the great tragedy on 4 August 1941 Orkis had
emigrated to the U.S.A. and in this way he saved his own life.
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 housenr.
28 |
| Liberman kept a shoe shop. He and his
wife had two baby-girls.(twins?). Mrs Liberman learned knitting from
Stefa, and
they became friends. All of them were shot in 1941. |