Of the Trashkuner Jews who lived in Lithuania when World War II broke out, these are the survivors.

This list does not include people who emigrated before World War II. These people were still living in Lithuania on 22 June 1941. Jews who lived in larger cities or who escaped into Russia in the opening days of the war had a chance to survive. Among those who stayed in Troskunai (Trashkun), there were no survivors.

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	MARRIED NAME	FAMILY PAGE	LOCATION DURING WAR	LINKS & COMMENTS
Berk	Bluma	Shoshana Sarid	Berk	Kovno ghetto	child of Berl Berk and Yenta Wisgardisky
Berk	Sheyna Beyla, Sonia	Propis	Berk	Kovno ghetto; Stutthof concentration camp	DOCUMENT and DOCUMENT
Chaimovich	Neyach [NOTE]son of Nochum and Feyga		Chaimovich	Russia	Shmuel Kovnovich's oral history interview • Neyach escaped to Russia with his sister Sara.
Chaimovich	Nosen [NOTE]son of Gimpel and Shifra		Chaimovich	Kovno ghetto; Dachau concentration camp	DOCUMENT
Chaimovich	Sara [NOTE]daughter of Nochum and Feyga	(unknown)	Chaimovich	Russia; Tashkent, Uzbekistan	DOCUMENT • Shmuel Kovnovich's oral history interview • Sara escaped to Russia with her brother Neyach.
Glezer	Berl		Glezer	Yurga, Siberia	Berl Glezer's account of his escape with his wife Freda (Kozhenetz)
Glezer	Dobra (Dobl)	Katz	Glezer	Yurga, Siberia	Berl Glezer's account of finding his sister Dobra in Siberia
Glezer	Rosa [NOTE]daughter of Ortzik and Buna-Gitl (Berk)	Fisher, Goldanski	Glezer	Kovno ghetto; Stutthof concentration camp	DOCUMENT
Glezer	Roska [NOTE]daughter of Mendel Leyb and Buna-Gitl	(unknown)	Glezer	Kovno ghetto; Stutthof concentration camp
Keller	Zelik (Jerry)		Labo	Vilna ghetto; Stutthof and Buchenwald concentration camps	DOCUMENT  Zelik changed his name to Jerry after emigrating to the US in 1947.
Kikhel	Mikhel		Kikhel	Siauliai ghetto; Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps	DOCUMENT
Kikhel, Kikhli	Zalman		Kikhel	Siauliai ghetto; Stutthof and Dachau concentration camps	DOCUMENT  Zalman changed his surname to Kikhli upon arrival in Israel in 1948.
Konkurovich	Itzik		Konkurovich	Kovno ghetto
Kovnovich	Shmuel		Kovnovich	Yangiyul, Uzbekistan	Shmuel's account of his escape • Oral history interview
Kozhenetz	Chayka [NOTE]daughter of Ovsey and Hinda	(unknown)	Kozhenetz	Penza, Russia	Berl Glezer's account of finding Chayka during the war
Kozhenetz	Frida [NOTE]daughter of Ayzik and Chaya Beyla	Glezer	Kozhenetz	Yurga, Siberia	Berl Glezer's account of his escape with his wife Frida
Krasovsky	Beyla Rocha	Evin	Solomon	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	DOCUMENT  Four sisters survived together.
Krasovsky	Rivka	Kilevich	Solomon	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Four sisters survived together.
Krasovsky	Sheyna/Sonia	Kronsohn	Solomon	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Four sisters survived together.
Krasovsky	Sora/Sorka	Meklenburg	Solomon	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Four sisters survived together.
Kushner	Musya	Kofman	Kushner	Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Ural region of Russia	Two sisters survived together.
Kushner	Chana	Garber	Kushner	Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Ural region of Russia	Two sisters survived together.
Sherman	Sora/Sorka	(unknown)		Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Shumacher	Miriam	Krakinowsky	Yuter	Kovno ghetto	Miriam's rescue by Jonas Paulavičius • Miriam's account of the summer of 1941 in Trashkun (VIDEO)
Solomon	Sheyna	Baranovsky	Solomon	Kovno ghetto	Memories of Sheyna's family by Berl Glezer
Voskoboinik	Nechama	Halamish	Reznikovich	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Map of Nechama's journey during World War II
Wisgardisky	Yenta (Yael)	Berk	Berk	Kovno ghetto	widow of Berl Berk, mother of Bluma Berk (see above)
Yuzent	Zelda	Kotkis	Yuzent	Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Yurga, Siberia	DOCUMENT and Zelda's account of her escape

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Stories of people from Troskunai who escaped and survived the Holocaust:
Berl Glezer  •  Zelda Yuzent Kotkis  •  Shmuel Kovnovich  •  Miriam Shumacher Krakinowski

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