List of (former) Members of the Mazheik Community.
The following list includes names of former members of the Jewish community of Mazheik, who died after the Holocaust.
The list was compiled from the following sources (the codes refer to the “source” column in the table):
- NF - List prepared by Nechama Frid (nee Lipnitzky, native of Mazheik), Tel-Aviv, 25.6.2004. Nechama z"l (d. May 2008) was associated with the Irgun Yotzei Lita ('Federation of ex-Lithuanians') in Tel Aviv.
- YT - List included in the book: “The Litvak who Survived, Rescued and Went to Eretz-Israel” by Yehoshua Trigor, 2004, Hebrew (pp. 225-227). Yehoshua Trigor z"l d. 2006.
- PI - Personal information, mainly from family sources.
Being unable to verify the accuracy and completeness of this list, we apologize in advance for possible inaccuracies and/or incompleteness in the list, including names that were mistakenly spelled, included or omitted, or any other inaccurate details. Any corrections will be accepted with gratitude.
| Surname |
Given
names |
Remarks
|
Source
|
| Abramovitz | Yoseph | emigrated to South Africa mid-30s | PI |
| Abramovitz | Pichas | made aliyah mid-30s | PI |
|
Aharoni
(Aronowitz) |
Kalman 1905-1983 |
Emigrated
to |
NF, PI |
|
Aron (Aronowitz) |
David 1908-1970 |
Emigrated
to |
PI |
|
Aronowitz |
Aaron (Arke) 1905-1976 |
Emigrated
to |
PI |
|
Aronowitz |
Mordechai (Max) 1903-65 |
Emigrated
to |
PI |
|
Aronowitz |
Zeev 1907-1972 |
Son
of Blumeh Aharonovitz
, emigrated to Tel Aviv, |
NF, PI |
|
Alfon |
Pura (?) |
|
YT |
|
Arenstam-Itzikson |
Shoshana, married to Eliezzer Arenstam |
Daughter to Esther Lubavitsch and Yoseph Itzikson, arrived in Eretz Yirael in 1936/7 |
PI |
|
Bachner |
Gita (nee Lichtenstein) |
Member of Kibbutz Givat-Brenner |
YT |
|
Beitz |
Chaya and husband Yitzhak |
Yitzhak
escaped to the |
YT |
|
Binyamini |
Yaffa (nee Kakst) |
|
YT |
|
Birzansky
|
Leib and wife Rachel |
Made
Aliyah during 1930’s, owned a delicatessen
shop in |
NF, YT |
|
Birzansky
|
Rivka
|
|
NF |
|
Bloch |
Dr.
Sheine – Shoshana
and brother Shalom
|
Their father had Rabbinic Smichut from Telz; Shalom was the first commander of Beitar in Mazheik |
NF, YT |
|
Bloch |
Gita
|
|
NF |
|
Calebria
|
|
|
NF |
| Feinstein nee Aronowitz |
Chaya 1901–1971 |
Emigrated
to |
PI |
| Feirstein |
Gita (nee Trigobov) |
Daughter of a Zionist activist who was among the founders of the “Tarbut” pro-Gmnasium in Mazheik, and sister of Yehoshua Trigor. For some time Gita was member of Kibbutz Gan-Shmuel. |
YT |
| Frid nee Lipnitzky |
Nechama (d. 2008) |
See Nechama's personal story at: Lipnitzky.htm#2 Nechama was active for
many years at the Association of Former Lithuanian Jewry in |
PI |
| Gamzu |
Elchanan
Zeev |
Born
in Plungyan, lived in Mazeikiai. Immigrated to Israel, buried on Mount
Olives, Jerusalem |
PI |
| Gamzu
nee Gordon |
Eide |
Elchanan
Zeev's wife, born in Neustadt Tavrig, lived in Mazeikiai. Immigrated
to Israel, buried on Mount Olives, Jerusalem |
PI |
| Gamzu |
Israel |
Son
of Elchanan and Eide, born in Neustadt Tavrig lived in Mazeikiai. Immigrated
to South Africa |
PI |
| Gamzu |
David | Son
of Elchanan and Eide, born in Neustadt Tavrig lived in Mazeikiai. Immigrated
to South Africa |
PI |
| Gamzu | Yeina | Son
of Elchanan Zeev and Eide, born in Mazeikiai. Immigrated to South Africa |
PI |
| Gamzu | Avraham | Son
of Elchanan and Eide, born in Mazeikiai. Immigrated to South Africa |
PI |
| Gamzu | Yitzchak | Son
of Elchanan and Eide, born in Neustadt Tavrig lived in Mazeikiai. Immigrated
to South Africa |
PI |
| Gamzu | Rivke | Daughter
of Elchanan and Eide, lived in Mazeikiai. Immigrated to South Africa |
PI |
| Gamzu | Simma
Chassia |
Daughter
of Elchanan and Eide, lived in Mazeikiai. Immigrated to USA then Israel |
PI |
| Goldfarb nee Aronowitz |
Clara 1913-1998 |
Emigrated
to |
PI |
|
Gurevitz
|
Zivia |
Daughter
of Dobe |
NF |
|
Gurevitz
|
Dr. Fruma |
Was
pediatric doctor in Mazheik; was rescued by a Lithuanian colleague
doctor |
NF, YT |
|
Halbin |
Miryam |
|
YT |
|
Hesselson |
Aryeh |
Teacher
and headmaster of the “Tarbut”
pro-Gymnasium in Mazheik, and the Schwabe
Gymnasium in Kovna. Was deported to |
YT |
|
Iting
|
Moshe
1918-2004 and wife Yocheved nee Spiegel,
1920-2003 |
Made Aliyah 1936, was a mounted policeman at the Palestine Police (“Gephir” / “Notter”) and later a seaman with Zim, Israeli shipping company |
NF, PI |
|
Iting
|
Shlomo 1910-1996 and wife Chaya
(nee Nadel) |
Played football with Maccabi Mazheik, made Aliyah abt. 1934, was among of the builders and first dockers of the port of Tel-Aviv |
NF, YT, PI |
|
Kelner
|
Shlomo
|
Member of Beitar movement, one of the few survivors from Kovno Ghetto |
NF, YT |
|
Keren nee Lipnitzky |
Bina |
|
PI |
|
Kolin |
Sarah (nee Kakst) |
|
YT |
|
Leibovitz |
Nelly and Avraham |
Avraham died during exile in |
NF, YT |
|
Levitt
|
Berl
|
Possibly same person as Dov Levitt (?) |
NF |
|
Levitt
|
Dov and wife |
Was among the leaders of Mazheik Jewish community, active at ha’Oved ha’Zioni, member of town council, deputy commander of volunteering firemen in Mazheik |
YT |
|
Lichtenstein |
Dr.
Meir and wife Shoshana |
Meir was son of Chaim Lichtenstein, one of the founders of the “Tarbut” pro-Gmnasium in Mazheik |
NF, YT |
|
Lipnitzky
|
Eliezer-Zvi |
Eliezer-Zvi was chairman of Mazheik landsmanshaft
in |
NF, YT |
|
Minster |
Yossef and wife |
|
YT |
|
Offien
|
Bruria and Shmuel |
|
NF, YT |
|
Offien
|
Zipora
|
|
NF |
|
Offien
|
Yossef |
Was
among the pioneers of Kibbutz Afikim and
one of the first pilots in |
YT |
|
Orenstein |
Pnina (nee Lipnitzky) and Aryeh
|
Aryeh was member of ha’Shomer ha’Tzair youth movement |
NF, YT |
|
Orkin
|
Zipora
|
|
NF |
|
Peires (Porat) |
Avraham |
|
YT |
|
Peires (Porat) |
Yaakov and wife Elke |
Yaakov was a businessman and public activist |
YT |
|
Peires (Porat) |
Yaffa |
|
YT |
|
Porat (Peires) |
Eliyahu |
Lived
in |
PI |
|
Pilpel |
Zipora (nee Lipnitzky) |
|
NF, YT |
|
Pliner nee Iting |
Ita 1924-2006 and husband |
Served during WW2 as a nurse with the 16th Lithuanian Division of the Red Army |
PI |
|
Rabinovitz |
Dr.
|
|
YT |
|
Rabinovitz |
Shlomo |
Fell in action at Israel War of Independence |
YT |
|
Rabinovitz |
Zilla, widow of Yossef Rabinovitz, and son Tuvia |
Zilla was a Zionist activist. Tuvia was member of Beitar movement, died while studying in “Mikve-Isarel” agricultural school |
YT |
|
Rubel
|
Dov and wife |
|
YT |
|
Rubel
|
Yossef, Rachel, Henia |
|
NF, YT |
|
Rubel
|
R’ Shabtai and wife |
|
YT |
|
Ruksen nee Kekst |
Dora |
Daughter of Rabbi Heim Kekst / wife of David Ruskin, died 2001 |
PI |
|
Ruskin (Ruksen) |
David |
Husband of Dora Kekst Ruskin, died 1993 |
PI |
|
Schlezing
|
Ruth |
|
YT |
|
Schlezing
|
Zalla |
|
YT |
|
Schlezing
|
Zilla, Chaya |
|
NF, YT |
|
Shachmundes |
Shmuel |
|
YT |
|
Shamir |
Zipora (nee Offien)
|
|
YT |
|
Shapira |
Rivka (nee Kakst)
|
|
YT |
|
Trigobov
|
Gita
|
|
NF |
|
Trigor |
Yehoshua 1926-2006 |
Author of the book “The Litvak who Survived, Rescued and Went to Eretz-Israel” 2004 |
PI |
|
Wachs
|
Carmela and Rachel |
|
NF, YT |
|
Wachs
|
Yehuda (NF) / David (YT) |
Fell in action at Israel War of Independence |
NF, YT |
|
Yoffe
|
Sheine (nee Peres-Binyamini) |
|
NF |
|
Yoffe
|
Dr. Cahya-Chesia, dentist, and Sarah |
Chaya was married to Dr. Less |
NF, YT |
|
Yoffe
|
Dr. Eliezer, physician, and wife Dr. Shoshana, dentist |
Lived
in |
YT |
|
|
|
|
|
List updated March 2009
Ye’he Zichram Baruch יהא זכרם ברוך
May their souls rest in peace.
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