Klovainiai
A
walk through Jewish Klovainiai, the way it was a few years before 1941. Chapters: 1 2 3 stories from: Elzbieta Stefa Chapter 2Ziske's house
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In this house, at Pušalotasgatve nr.
8, one of Stefa’s best friends:
Ziske Dermeikaite lived together with a
Lithuanian young man. Ziske was Jewish, but he wasn’t. His name was
Bruonos
Morkaviecus. The young couple emigrated to South-Africa in 1936. |
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Ziske,Fredke, Stefa In this picture Ziske is shown as a young woman on the left. On the right Stefa and in the middle Fredke. |
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Christmas Card |
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Ziske and Stefa corresponded with one
another at festive occasions. Ziske sent this beautiful card to Stefa at
Christmas time. On the front of the card it said: ‘Merry Christmas!’ On the
back Ziske wrote: ‘Time is flying by, let’s use the time we’ve got left to
it’s full extent.’ |
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Irshkis' house |
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This house was situated at Pušalotasgatve nr. 6. At the time Irshkis and his family (the Jewish young man who was single) lived there the house was made of wood. Others renovated it, and nowadays it’s made of stone. The young ladies of the village enjoyed dancing with Irshkis, and they loved it when he bought sweets for them. Irshkis earned a living by helping his brother-in-law, Kaimukas, with trading and buying flax from the farmers of Rozalimas. | |
Dermaika brother-in-law's house |
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This house belonged to a Jewish family,
but unfortunately I couldn’t find out what their names were. According to Stefa’s information, about the atrocious killings of the five Jewish men from
Klovainiai, I believe that the house belonged to Dermeika’s brother-in-law.
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Remains of Dermaika's house | |
This picture shows the remains of Dermeika’s house. Father Dermeika was a miller. He married twice. He and his wife had two daughters: Ziske (Zyske) (‘Zolia’ in Lithuanian) and Fredke (‘Felia’ in Lithuanian). Ziske lived at Pušalotasgatve nr. 8. Fredke lived with her parents, but just before the German-Nazi- Occupation, which started in the summer of 1941, she was in Pakruojis. When the Nazis occupied the city she couldn’t leave. This forced staying would result in a very bitter ending.. |
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On this picture from left to right:
Ziske and Fredke were Stefa’s closest friends. From 1931 till ±1938 Stefa lived in her aunt’s house in Klovainiai. Stefa’s aunt taught her niece how to knit. Stefa married soon to a young man from Rozalimas, where they settled down before 1941. She earned a living by teaching knitting to the women and young girls of Rozalimas. Ziske and Fredke were two of her pupils. Stefa received letters and postcards from Fredke(her closest friend) on special occasions, like the correspondence she received from Ziske. I would like to show you one of the cards sent to Stefa. It’s a birthday card. |
Birthday card | Backside of the birthday card |
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