Pušalotas, Lithuania

Research and Travel in Lithuania
Written by Howard Margol

Lithuanian Research guide by Howard Margol, Howard is featured above.

TRAVEL REFERENCES

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RESEARCH REFERENCES

• Lithuanian Jewish Communities by Nancy and Stuart Schoenburg (English)
• 381 towns
• Pinkas Hakehilot: Lite published (1996) by Dov Levin, Yad Vashem (Hebrew)
• 502 towns
• Yidishe Shtet, Shtetlach un Dorfishe Yishuvim in Lite by Berl Kagan (Yiddish)
• 221 towns
• The Annihilation of Lithuania Jewry by Rabbi Ephraim Oshry (English)
• 47 towns
• The Jews of Lithuania by Masha Greenbaum (English)
• The Litvaks by Dov Levin. Yad Vashem, 2002 (2nd Ed., English)
• Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and other Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives by Harold Rhode and Sallyann Sack (English)
• Yahadut Lita, vols 1-4, Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel
• Holocaust in Lithuania 1941-1945:A Book of Remembrance. Rose Lerer Cohen and Saul Issroff, Gefen: Jerusalem and New York, 2002
• Lithuanian Tragedy: 1941-1944 documentary volume published. Regnum - Moscow,Russia. ... and Communist party workers and Soviet army servicemen who were guilty of establishing the Soviet government in Lithuania but also Jews, Polish, clergymen ...
• Regnum News Agency

ARCHIVES

Lietuvos Valstybes Istorijos Archyvas - Gerosios Vilties 10, 03134 Vilnius, Lithuania.- (Lithuania State Historical Archive) (LVIA) – Tel: (+370 5) 213 74 84. Fax: (+370 5) 213 76 12. Contains pre-1915 for most records but pre-1940 for vital records. Charges 100 Euros one-time research fee.

Lietuvos Centrinis Metriku archyvas, K. Kalinausko g. 21, Vilnius LT44249, Lithuania. – Post 1940 vital records.

Lithuanian Central State Archive, O.Milasiaus 21, Vilnius 03134, Lithuania, Tel: (+370 5) 247 78 29. Fax: (+370 5) 276 53 18. Email: lvga@takas.lt – includes Lithuanian Archives of Image and Sound. Has post World War I property records, Jewish photographs, Internal Passport records, etc.

Kauno Apygardos Archyvas, Maironio 28a, 44249 Kaunas, Lithuania. Tel: (+370 7) 32 30 74. Fax: (+370 7) 32 31 11. Email - v.gircyte@turbodsl.lt Holds Kaunas Gubernia revision lists, tax lists, property records, voters records, court records, police records, etc. Also has Internal Passport records for Kaunas and Jonava. Does not have any vital records.

JEWISH COMMUNITY OFFICES

Vilnius

Jewish Community Center, Pylimo 4, Vilnius 01117 - Tel: (+370-5) 261 30 03. Fax: (+370-5) 212 79 15. Email: jewishcom@post.5ci.lt Web: www.litjews.org

Rabbi Sholom B. Krinsky, Chabad Lubavich of Lithuania. Office : A.Gostauto 3-4 Mail: ARP-3 Box 336, 2300 Vilnius, Lithuania. Tel/fax: : (+370-5) 62 58 36 Email: office@chabad.osf.lt

Kaunas

Jewish Community Center, 26b Gedimino Str., Kaunas, Lithuania. Tel: (+370 7) 20 37 17. Fax: (+370 7) 22 79 15

Kaunus Synagogue, 11 Ozhesklenes St., Kaunas, Lithuania.

Panevezys

Jewish Community Panevezys District, Genadij Kofman, Chairman. Sodu gt. 32-23, LT-5300, Panevezys, Lithuania. Tel: (+370-8) 45 435293. He does not speak English.

Siauliai

Jewish Community Siauliai District, Boris Steinas, Chairman. Visinskio 24, 5400 Siauliai, Lithuania. Tel: (+370 1) 426796. Fax:(+370 1) 426678. He does not speak English.

GUIDES AND INTERPRETERS

Chaim Bargman, P. Luksio str. 37 – 22, 3043 Kaunas, Lithuania. Tel: (+370 7) 77 99 48 Mob: (+370) 6 8177166. Fluent in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, German Russian, Lithuanian. Guides all parts of Lithuania. Furnishes car and driver.

Roza Bieliauskiene, Pylimo 4, LT- 01117 Vilnius, Lithuania. Tel: (+370 5) 2617917 Mob: (+370) 6 8142557. Email: sosana@freemail.lt Fluent in English, Yiddish, Russian, Lithuanian. Chief curator: Jewish State Museum in Vilnius.

Daniel Gurvich, R.Jankausko str. 7-15, Vilnius, LT-04314. Tel: (+370 5) 2451854 Mob. (+370) 65988336 daniel@citynet.lt Fluent in English, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Russian. General guide, interpreter. Own car (minivan)

Yulik Gurvich, Vyduno 7’-1 English, Russian, Lithuanian, Hebrew, Yiddish 02, LT-06209, Vilnius.Tel: (+370 5) 2308398 Mob.(+370) 69990709 yulik@delfi.lt Fluent in English, Russian, Lithuanian, Hebrew, Yiddish. General guide, interpreter. Own car (minivan).

Regina Kopilevich, Antakalnio 118 – 48, LT-10200 Vilnius. Tel: (+370 5) 2721824 Mob: (+370) 6 9905456 miregina@delfi.lt Fluent in English, Russian, Lithuanian, Hebrew, Yiddish. Guides all over Lithuania, Belarus and Eastern part of Poland. Furnishes car and driver.

Rachel Kostanian, Pamenkalnio 12, LT-01114 Vilnius.Tel: (+370 5) 262 0730 or 262 4590 Fax: (370 5) 212 70 83 jmuseum@delfi.lt Fluent in English, Yiddish, German, Russian, Lithuanian. Scientific Director, Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum. Vilna and Holocaust

Ilya Lempertas, Kavliuko 17-21, 2050 Vilnius. Tel./ fax: (+370 5)44 8935. Mob.(+370) 8713 285 lemper@post.5ci.lt Fluent in English, some Hebrew, Russian, and Lithuanian. Guide and historical researcher; expert on old Vilnius, Ghetto history and the Holocaust; Regional coordinator, Lithuania Survivors of Shoah Visual History Foundation (Spielberg Project); Own car.

Simonas Dovidavicius – Executive Director, Sugihara Museum – Vaizganto 30, Kaunas 3000, Lithuania – Tel: +370 37 332881 Mobile: +370 698 02184 Email: sugihara@takas.ltwww.vdu.lt/sugihara  Uses his own driver and Van. His Fee in 2013 - $125 per day for roots tour

Loreta Pozerskyte, Kaunas - cell phone +370 687 52062 – Email: lorabozi@yahoo.com Has a Toyota Corrola,  sometimes will rent a minibus, Is a driver/guide. Has a laptop computer.Fee- 2013 - $125 per day plus car expense.

HOTELS [For general current hotel information in each area see "In your pocket" travel guides http://www.inyourpocket.com]

TRAVEL AGENT IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA

Lithuanian Holidays, Ltd. Nijole Pakalniene, General Manager - travel@lithuanianholidays.lt Seimyniskyiu St. 1a, 2005 Vilnius, Lithuania. Tel.: +370 5 263 60 64 - Fax: +370 5 272 68 64 www.lithuanianholidays.lt

Travel Agency JERULITA,
 www.jerulita.lt

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