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Photographs relating to Mazheik, of people and places, that do not belong in one of the other rubrics, will be placed in this Photo Gallery.

The Website of the Centre for Studies of the Culture and History of East European Jews keeps a gallery of old pictures of Jewish Lithuanian Communities, collected from regional museums of Lithuania.

The gallery includes several pictures from the Historical Museum of Mazeikiai.
The pictures may be viewed at the following link:

To view the pictures you should select:
Museum = Mazeikiai
Topic: (select topic of interest: All, Shtetl, Jews, Faces, etc.)
Object: (select object of interest: All, Photo, Item, Document, etc.).

The webmasters of the Mazheik Memorial Website have applied to the Historical Museum of Mazeikiai for permission to upload copies of the pictures to the Mazheik Memorial Website.
In the meanwhile, until permission is granted, a sample of selected pictures is presented below.

The captions are as they appear on the original website. Webmaster's notes have been added where applicable.

Mazeikiai Street and House Pictures
The following street and house pictures were taken from the book: "Mazeikiai 1920-1968. Photos." ed. B.Radziunas, A.Stanacius, MM 13969/1

permission to publish the pictures below granted by the SA Jewish Board of Deputies,

Mazeikiai Pictures from Yad Vashem Photograph Archive

Posted under permission #109429 to mount documentation, which is in the possession of Yad Vashem on our website.

Yad Vashem Photograph Archive website: https://photos.yadvashem.org/

Description	Yad va'Shem Item No.	Photo No.
General view of Laisves street before WW-II	79894	187DO9
Stoties street before WW-II	79633	181BO8
Pharmacy at the corner of 16^th Vasario str. and Laisves str. before WW-II	76225	187DO7
Maccabi Mazheik football club before WW-II	74702	187DO6
Stoties street in 1929	37025	1044/52
Memorial stone on a mass grave in Mazeikiai	35182	3657/1
Maccabi Mazheik sports club, 23 August,1924	33004	1044/145
Kibbutz he'Chalutz ba'Maale, before Aliyah of Yaakov, Chana, Edna, Chaya and Keile to Eretz-Yisrael, Mazeikiai, 21 May, 1934	558	3759/3
Memorial monument on a mass grave, commemorating the Jewish victims of the Shtetl	3893	3976/3
Memorial monument on a mass grave, commemorating the Jewish victims of the Shtetl	3415	3976/2
Memorial monument on a mass grave, commemorating the Jewish victims of the Shtetl	2949	3976/1
Memorial, close to the mass murder site, commemorating the Jewish victims of the Shtetl	4365	4051

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The following pictures in this Photo Gallery were sent to the webmasters by Mr. Shalom Eilati, who recognized one of the people in pictures under Family Research, Lubavitsch ., the youngest child of Berre and Hene-Leah Lubavitsch, Pessa. In his possession are pictures of his late mother, Leah Greenstein (z"l) with the same young woman, Pessa Lubavitsch. Leah and Pessa were friends. Leah perished in the Kovne Ghetto. Pessa later married Morris Wald and became known as Pauline in South Africa.

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Photos included in the album of the Borkowf (formerly Borodovko) family

The following photos were included in the album of the Borkowf (formerly Borodovko) family, who emigrated from Lithuania to South Africa in the early 1930s. The pictures were submitted by their loving children in blessed memory of Hanna (née Garb) and Lipman Eliezer Borkowf and their daughters, Hadassa (Eddie) Sacks and Rivka (Riva) Morgenstern z"l. These photos were submitted by Dr. Neomi (Omi) Leissner née Morgenstern.

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	Mazeikiai. Vasario 16 day street. House of Liasberg in the left. 1934. (captions literally as on the Lithuanian site)
	Mazeikiai. Corner of Vasario 16 day and Laisves street.
	Mazeikiai. Vasario 16 day street.
	Mazeikiai. Vasario 16 day street.
	Mazeikiai. Vasario 16 day street. House of Liasberg in the left. 1930.
	Mazeikiai. House of Blumental. 1929
	Mazeikiai. Laisves street. 1934
	Market place of Mazeikiai. 1923
	Market place of Mazeikiai. 1925
Mazeikiai Faces and Documents The following is a sample of various pictures and documents with Jewish connection
	Family of Kalvarijai. Rivah Brilite-Kalvariene (on the left) - employee of Vieksniai pharmacy, was fusilladed () in 1940 - 1941. Museum of Pharmacy in Vieksniai, 8/22 5074 Subdivision of Mazeikiai museum () Note by Webmaster: fusilladed may mean annihilated
	Football club of Mazeikiai. Note by Webmaster: Jewish football players were known to play with the local Maccabi football club
	Register of the second form of Mazeikiai gymnasium. School year 1931-1932. Lithuanian and Jewish pupils were studying together. Cover of the register. Mezeikiai museum. Inv.no. 1.2.25
	Register of the second form of Mazeikiai gymnasium. School year 1931-1932. Lithuanian and Jewish pupils were studying together. List of the pupils. Mezeikiai museum. Inv.no. 1.2.25.
	Mazeikiai. Workers of the Y. Avrakh workshop. 1914. Mazeikiai museum, photo from a book "Mazeikiai 1968-1920. Photos." ed. B.Radziunas, A.Stanacius, MM 13969/1
	Mazeikiai. Gamz () wool cleaning workshop. 1906. 1930. Mazeikiai museum, photo from a book "Mazeikiai 1968-1920. Photos." ed. B.Radziunas, A.Stanacius, MM 13969/1 () Note by Webmaster: Gamz may be identified as the Gamzu family

Photograph	Description
	Mazeikiai Gimnazija (High School)
	Laisves Street
	Laisves Street
	Venta River Milling Station
	Venta River
	Mazeikiai Railway Station
	Mazeikiai Railway Station
	Baznitine Street
	Baznitine Street
	Stoties Street
	Stoties Street
	Mazeikiai