Chapter 0

detail map 6:
	former Maizel's factory
	house of the family Maizel, next to the factory
The Maizels had the best flour from Pakruojis and surroundings, as was told. In Pakruojis the brothers Maizel were called the rich industrialists. The Maizel brothers founded a library destined for books on all kinds of subjects related to Jewry. They even founded a publishing house called Spaustare.
	Children l to r Teibeleh Maizel and Chana Maizel in 1937
	Children Maizel boy, Chana Maizel and Teibeleh Maizel in 1938.
There was a fire in Pakruojis and the two houses of the Maizels at Dariaus ir Gireno gatve, nr. 26 and 27, burned down. The fire spread to the haystack of the neighbours and finally the fire destroyed a part of the wooden houses from the street. The house of the Maizels was rebuilt. In 1935, the house was still owned by the Maizel family.
	First house of the Maizel brothers* (the original house was burnt down)*
They rented the house to two pharmacists. The Jewish Brilaite sisters worked in this pharmacy. They didn't live in Pakruojis. The older Brilaite- sister was dating Yakov (Yankel) Epstein from Pakruojis. He was related to Kolitzman. A small group of Jews kept cows on meadows outside Pakruojis, actually 2 km from Pakruojis. The total surface of these meadows was about 10 hectares. They were called the Jewish meadows. I read, before 1941, there was a good understanding between the Jews of Pakruojis and their fellow-citizens. Some citizens of Pakruojis who were children at that time remember the kindness of the Jewish shopkeepers. In winter e.g. , when they had to do some errands for their mother, and it was, bitterly cold, the children, always were offered a hot cup of tea and a place near the fireplace. In summer, the children were given, very often, an apple or berries. When the Lithuanians visited their relatives in Pakruojis, and there was not any place for their horses, they could have guarded their horses, safely, in the courtyards of the Jewish friends of their relatives.