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Irving Igdal was the former
Israel Igdalski of Sakiai (Shaki),
Lithuania
. At the outbreak of the war
he was being trained to take over the family manufacturing business.
He was the son of Alexander
Siesel and Ada Igdalski - both
murdered in 1941. |
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1938,
Sakiai, back row is Moishe and Israel Igdalski and front row is
Bayla Igdalski Rabinov, Ada Igdalski,
Alexander Siesel Igdalski, and
Chana Igdalski Skripnupski
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Alexander was the owner of S. Igdalskis Manufaktoros Prkyba, a former
mayor of Sakiai, the director of the
bank of Sakiai, and very involved in all Jewish activities. He was quite the
Zionist and had purchased numerous hectars of land on
Hayarkon Street
in Tel Aviv – then just sand dunes.
Ada
was known for her generous nature.
Sakiai was
the first town the Germans entered when they occupied the
Baltic States
. Israel Igdalski’s parents and
sisters, together with their husbands, were
murdered at Sakiai in 1941. They are to be seen on the following photos: |
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1936,
Shaki,
Bailka and Shmeryl Rabinov |
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1935, Klaipeda, Chana Igdalski,
Israel Skrinupski |
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memorial stone Sakiai, 2003
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One sister
Michleh Igdalski Frizenski lived in Marijampole with her husband and
two daughters. They were all murdered in Marijampole. Their names were:
Michleh Igdalski Frizenski, Beryl Frizenski, Riva
and Fruma Frizenski. |
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1938, Shaki, l to r,
Aryeh, Dovid, and Moishe
Igdalski, Michleh and Beryl Frizenski, Chana, Israel and
Hillel Igdalski and
kneeling are Riva and Fruma Frizenski |
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1939, Marijampole,
Fruma Frizenski
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1939, Marijampole, Riva Frizenski
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Memorial
stone, Marijampole 2003 |
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Israel Igdalski had four surviving brothers, form whom two of them,
Esser and Dovid, were with him in the Kovno in the ghetto, in the
Alexotos Gifgangen Lager and in Dachau |
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1925, Shaki, Dovid Igdalski
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1936,
Shaki, 10 kestucio, l to r Hillel, Dovid, Chanka, Moishe, and
Israel
Igdalski and unk.
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Frieda at her grandparents' house, 2003 |
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Hide and Seek,Kinderaktion
Kaunas Ghetto
Israel
’s
youngest brother Moishe was in the
Jewish Brigade of the Russian Lithuanain Army, he was a prisoner of war in a
German camp , escaped to
Riga
, survived and made his way to
Munich
to meet his brothers at the end end of the war.
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Munich
, The Igdalski brothers – Dovid, Moishe, Esser, and
Israel
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Munich
, The Igdalskis – Moishe, Rivka, and
Israel
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Munich
, November 27, 1948, Esser and Moishe Igdalski |