List of Gargzdai Jews killed in June and September, 1941
This list of 78 persons was compiled by the Gargzdai Town Secretary during the War. It is now kept at the Gargzdai Area Museum.
The original list is handwritten and does not contain a title. On the transcription below, the brackets {} indicate different handwriting, apparently resulting from a second contributor making additions to the original list. The symbol (?) indicates an uncertain reading.
This list includes 78 names (#27 and #58 are duplicates, but an unnumbered entry for Zusmanovich Brothers is listed between #3 and #4). This represents only a fraction of the total number killed, which is believed to be over 500 (200 men on June 24, 1941, and 300 women and children on September 14 and 16, 1941).
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| Number on List | Last Name | First Name |
| 1 | Šalmaniene | Gite |
| 2 | Heling | Leib |
| 3 | Fišcz | {Jankel} |
| [3a] (no number listed) | Zusmanovičiai | Brol. |
| 4 | Šlumovičiene | Sara |
| 5 | Zusmanovič | Aron |
| 6 | Štak | Vulf |
| 7 | Fridman | - |
| 8 | Bril | Jankel |
| 9 | {Gamie} | Zlate |
| [10] | Olšvangeriene | Taube |
| 11 | Urješiene | Braine |
| 12 | Markovič | Volf |
| 13 | Šeinberg | Jakob |
| 14 | Melamed | Mikel |
| 15 | Goren | Leib |
| 16 | Zusmanovič | Hene |
| 17 | Ošerovičius | Leibe |
| 18 | Ošerovič | Mote |
| 19 | Man | Josel |
| 20 | Funk | Elija |
| 21 | Šer | Mauš |
| 22 | Benikson | {Jakob} |
| 23 | Mejirovič | Girš |
| 24 | Baniene | Chane |
| 25 | Akarman | Leib |
| 26 | Benikson | - |
| 27 | Šaus | Jankel |
| 28 | Ban | Judel |
| 29 | Šavel | Leib |
| 30 | Šavel | Mote |
| 31 | Volfovič | Mote |
| 32 | {Kirp} (?) | - |
| 33 | Blis | Jankel |
| 34 | Rubinštein | Samuel |
| 35 | Liurij | Gite |
| 36 | Liurij | Jankel |
| 37 | Akarman | Gite |
| 38 | Lam | David |
| 39 | Areinštein | Joel |
| 40 | Litvin | Hone |
| 41 | Hirc | Hirš |
| 42 | Pil | Icik |
| 43 | Ban | Josel |
| 44 | Mejerovič | Zelman |
| 45 | Ošerovič | Josel |
| 46 | Volfovič | Elija |
| 47 | Pots {Arnštein} | Hirš |
| 48 | Šapiro | Šabsel |
| 49 | Peiros | Josel |
| 50 | Barkan | Josel |
| 51 | Reyrel | Joel |
| 52 | Bereloviš | Josel |
| 53 | Šer | Abram |
| 54 | Erman | Icik |
| 55 | Erman | Rubin |
| 56 | Melamed | Mikel |
| 57 | Faktor | Icik |
| 58 | Šaus | Jankel |
| 59 | Platusiene | Lise |
| 60 | Korb | Man |
| 61 | Akarman | Mote |
| 62 | Jabšic | J. {Januk} (?) |
| 63 | Oksman | - |
| 64 | Zilberg | Rosa |
| 65 | Volfovič | Šmuel |
| 66 | Falk | Zunde |
| 67 | Falk | Hide |
| 68 | Zusmanovič | Roha |
| 69 | Zalkinovič | Zunde |
| 70 | Goren | David |
| 71 | Meisachovič | Elija |
| 72 | Abromkaler | - |
| 73 | Joselis | Joselovičius |
| 74 | Igelštinas | Leizeris |
| 75 | Traub | Fride |
| 76 | Zusmanovič | Šaja |
| 77 | Hiršovič | - |
| 78 | Benikson | Sara |
George Birman has supplied the following commentary regarding the people he knew from the list of the 78 :
2. Leib Helling: Had a store at the N.W. corner of the marketplace.
8. Jankl Brill: Had a small store at the western edge of the market square. He was the brother of Taube Olšvangeriene.
10. Taube Olšvangeriene: My grandmother, had the largest textile store
20. Ella Funk: a butcher
21. Mauša Šer: a butcher
22. Jacob Benikson: had a store (dry goods) at the south edge
27. Jankl Šaus: had a small store on Klaipedos St. He also had a library, where the Esperanto group met. His brother, Chaim Schaus, was a famous Jewish writer in the United States.
33. Jankl Blis: a lumber merchant and also head of fire brigade
36. Jankl Lurie: had a large plot on Klaipedos St.
38. David Lam: the head of the Yiddish grammar school
49. Josel Pieros: the chasan
50. Josel Barkan: the Shochet
62. Jankl Javsits: A large lumber merchant and bank owner in Klaipeda
63. (George) Oksman: the leading M.D.
64. Rosa Zilberg: a midwife
65. Samuel Volfovič: had a tannery
66. Zunde Falk: a large merchant
71. Elia Meisachovič: the pharmacist
74. Leizer Igelstein: an M.D.