Of the Trashkuner Jews who lived in Lithuania when World War II broke out, these are the survivors.
This list does not include people who emigrated before World War II. These people were still living in Lithuania on 22 June 1941. Jews who lived in larger cities or who escaped into Russia in the opening days of the war had a chance to survive. Among those who stayed in Troskunai (Trashkun), there were no survivors.
| SURNAME | GIVEN NAME | MARRIED NAME | FAMILY PAGE | LOCATION DURING WAR | LINKS & COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berk | Bluma | Shoshana Sarid | Berk | Kovno ghetto | child of Berl Berk and Yenta Wisgardisky |
| Berk | Sheyna Beyla, Sonia | Propis | Berk | Kovno ghetto; Stutthof concentration camp | DOCUMENT and DOCUMENT |
| Chaimovich | Neyach [NOTE]son of Nochum and Feyga | Chaimovich | Russia | Shmuel Kovnovich's oral history interview • Neyach escaped to Russia with his sister Sara. | |
| Chaimovich | Nosen [NOTE]son of Gimpel and Shifra | Chaimovich | Kovno ghetto; Dachau concentration camp | DOCUMENT | |
| Chaimovich | Sara [NOTE]daughter of Nochum and Feyga | (unknown) | Chaimovich | Russia; Tashkent, Uzbekistan | DOCUMENT • Shmuel Kovnovich's oral history interview • Sara escaped to Russia with her brother Neyach. |
| Glezer | Berl | Glezer | Yurga, Siberia | Berl Glezer's account of his escape with his wife Freda (Kozhenetz) | |
| Glezer | Dobra (Dobl) | Katz | Glezer | Yurga, Siberia | Berl Glezer's account of finding his sister Dobra in Siberia |
| Glezer | Rosa [NOTE]daughter of Ortzik and Buna-Gitl (Berk) | Fisher, Goldanski | Glezer | Kovno ghetto; Stutthof concentration camp | DOCUMENT |
| Glezer | Roska [NOTE]daughter of Mendel Leyb and Buna-Gitl | (unknown) | Glezer | Kovno ghetto; Stutthof concentration camp | |
| Keller | Zelik (Jerry) | Labo | Vilna ghetto; Stutthof and Buchenwald concentration camps | DOCUMENT Zelik changed his name to Jerry after emigrating to the US in 1947. | |
| Kikhel | Mikhel | Kikhel | Siauliai ghetto; Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps | DOCUMENT | |
| Kikhel, Kikhli | Zalman | Kikhel | Siauliai ghetto; Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps | DOCUMENT Zalman changed his surname to Kikhli upon arrival in Israel in 1948. | |
| Konkurovich | Itzik | Konkurovich | Kovno ghetto | ||
| Kovnovich | Shmuel | Kovnovich | Yangiyul, Uzbekistan | Shmuel's account of his escape • Oral history interview | |
| Kozhenetz | Chayka [NOTE]daughter of Ovsey and Hinda | (unknown) | Kozhenetz | Penza, Russia | Berl Glezer's account of finding Chayka during the war |
| Kozhenetz | Frida [NOTE]daughter of Ayzik and Chaya Beyla | Glezer | Kozhenetz | Yurga, Siberia | Berl Glezer's account of his escape with his wife Frida |
| Krasovsky | Beyla Rocha | Evin | Solomon | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | DOCUMENT Four sisters survived together. |
| Krasovsky | Rivka | Kilevich | Solomon | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Four sisters survived together. |
| Krasovsky | Sheyna/Sonia | Kronsohn | Solomon | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Four sisters survived together. |
| Krasovsky | Sora/Sorka | Meklenburg | Solomon | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Four sisters survived together. |
| Kushner | Musya | Kofman | Kushner | Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Ural region of Russia | Two sisters survived together. |
| Kushner | Chana | Garber | Kushner | Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Ural region of Russia | Two sisters survived together. |
| Sherman | Sora/Sorka | (unknown) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Shumacher | Miriam | Krakinowsky | Yuter | Kovno ghetto | Miriam's rescue by Jonas Paulavičius • Miriam's account of the summer of 1941 in Trashkun (VIDEO) |
| Solomon | Sheyna | Baranovsky | Solomon | Kovno ghetto | Memories of Sheyna's family by Berl Glezer |
| Voskoboinik | Nechama | Halamish | Reznikovich | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Map of Nechama's journey during World War II |
| Wisgardisky | Yenta (Yael) | Berk | Berk | Kovno ghetto | widow of Berl Berk, mother of Bluma Berk (see above) |
| Yuzent | Zelda | Kotkis | Yuzent | Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Yurga, Siberia | DOCUMENT and Zelda's account of her escape |
Reunion of Troskunai survivors in Vilnius, 1962. (click for key) Except for Beyla Chaimovich (standing, third from left), who had emigrated to Palestine in the 1930s and was visiting family in Vilnius, all others shown in this photo were living in Lithuania at the outbreak of World War II and managed to survive. No survivors resettled in Troskunai after the war. A second photo from the same gathering includes survivors' spouses and children.
Reunion of Troskunai survivors in Tel-Aviv, 1987. (click for key & second photo)
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Stories of people from Troskunai who escaped and survived the Holocaust:
Berl Glezer • Zelda Yuzent Kotkis • Shmuel Kovnovich • Miriam Shumacher Krakinowski
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