Two Story Brick BuildingTwo-story brick building at the corner of Baznycios and Saltupio streets, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)Galleries
Anyksciai HomesAnyksciai homes, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)
Anyksciai MarketAnyksciai market, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)
Anyksciai NeighborhoodAn Anyksciai neighborhood, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)
Bucolic SventojiBucolic Sventoji (Sventa) River, Anyksciai, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)
House Detail - AccordianHouse detail, Anyksciai, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)
Aniksht’s Killing Field in 1996(Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Libenson)
Max Curtis & Miriam Libenson at Killing Field MonumentMax Curtis offers comfort to Miriam (Gross) Libenson in a moment of great emotion as they visit the killing field near Aniksht in 1996. It was only 300 meters from this spot in July 1941, only a kilometer from Aniksht on the road to Skiemonys, that many of Aniksht's Jews were forced to dig their own mass grave in a sandy, hilly area known as the Hazenberg (Liudiskiai in Lithuanian). (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Libenson)
The Shulhoif in 1996The shulhoif, left, in 1996. The building was being used as a bakery (upstair) and a storehouse (downstairs). During Dr. Michael Libenson's visit, the ground floor was not accessible. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Libenson)
Return to Puntukas Stone 1996A return to the Puntukas stone, 1996. Front row, from left, Rabbi Doctor Joseph Brodie (V.P., Dean of Student Affairs Emeritus, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York); his wife, Erica S. Goldman-Brodie; Dr. Michael Libenson; Miriam (Gross) Libenson (who returned to the same spot some 60 years later); Rabbi Eli Libenson; Max Curtis, Holocaust survivor; and Lithuanian author from Anyskciai, Rimantas Vanagas, who wrote about the Nazi horrors in Aniksht. (The two couples in back are unidentified.) (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Libenson)
Church from a BackyardChurch from a backyard, Anyksciai, 1999. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Honig)
Church from across RiverChurch from across the Sventoji (Sventa) River, Anyksciai, 1999. (Photo courtesy Jennifer Honig)
Man on Synagogue StreetMan on Synagogue Street, Anyksciai, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)
Sventoji and BridgeSventoji (Sventa) River and bridge, Anyksciai, 1999. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Honig)
Baranauskas SquareBaranauskas Square, Anyksciai, Lithuania, 1996. (Picture courtesy of Dr. Michael Libenson)
Miriam Libenson and Max Curtis Return to AnikshtAn emotional return to Aniksht, 1996. Miriam (Gross) Libenson and Holocaust survivor Max Curtis (nee Motke Kuritsky) pose before a road sign announcing the Anyksciai town limit. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Libenson)
MIriam Libenson on Saltupio GatveIn 1996, Miriam (Gross) Libenson is seen posing next to an old house on Saltupio Gatve (street) in Anyksciai, much like the one she once lived in. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Libenson)
Shulhoif Demolition 2011The old Shulhoif that had been used as a bakery for the past number of years was demolished in October or November 2011 to make way for a new social services center. (Photo from Nyksciai.lt informacija)