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Užventis [Lithuanian] Uzhvent ( אוזווענט ) [Yiddish] Uzhventis (Ужвентис) [Russian] Użwenty [Polish] Uzshvent, Uzvent, Užvenčio, Ožvėntis |
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55°47' N, 22°39' E (Map) |
Information and history
- Jewish Population: 330 in 1897, 173 in 1923
- Location: Kelmė district municipality, Šiauliai county, Kovno region, Lithuania. 129.3 miles NW of Vilnius; 28 miles WSW of Šiauliai; 21 miles SE of Telšiai.
- Information from the history of Lithuanian Jewry can be found in the Yizkor book: Pinkas Hakehillot Lita (Pinkas HaKehilot, Lithuania [1996]). See Translation of the “Užventis” chapter (from , p. 117: "Užventis")
- English translation of Wikipedia
entry for Užventis (for the purists,
click here
for the entry in Lithuanian)
- Virtual tour of Užventis (luckily the pedestrians were able to avoid being run over by the driver!)
- Photos of Užventis - the subject of this YouTube video is more of the photographers than the town, but the wintry landscape is nice.
- The Sculpture Park in Užventis - another YouTube video
- U.S. Ambassador's Užventis Memorial dedication remarks
- Restoration of the Užventis Holocaust Memorial Site:
- International Jewish Cemetery Project: Report on the Užventis Cemetery
- A brief "Postal History" of Užventis
- The Užventis climate .
Užventis
Genealogy
References
- Search the JewishGen Family Finder to
find researchers interested in the same families.
- Search the JewishGen Lithuania Database for family records and to contact other researchers interested in Užventis families.
- View the 1858 Revision List data for Užventis (this will download an Excel spreadsheet).
- From the Litvak SIG Online Journal:
- Excel, Schmexcel, Dig Up Those Relatives - A research tool to help organize your Revision List search:
- Jews in Užventis - Response to classified ad I posted in Gimtasis Krastas in the Fall of 1992 asking about Jewish life in Užventis. The writer lists several Jewish families living in Užventis immediately pre-WWII.
- List of Užventis Jews killed in the Shoah. These 3 pages of multiply-photocopied
papers were given to Josh Spinak by his Lithuanian guide when he visited Užventis in May 2011.
- Search the Yad Vashem database of Holocaust victims
- The Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names for Užventis
- Search the Routes to Roots database for
information on surviving archival records in Lithuania.
- Lithuanian Jewish Communities (1991), p. 323: "Uzhvent (Užventis)".
- South African Jews and the
Holocaust in Lithuania Memory, Commemoration and Restoration
by Dr. Rose Lerer Cohen. This includes brief descriptions of the mass murders and recent memorials in Užventis and some nearby shtetls. - Execution
Sites Investigated by Yahad-In Unum: Užventis
- One of many mass execution sites located by Yahad teams at which the Nazis
and their allies murdered Jews in towns and villages throughout Eastern
Europe. Each site on the Yahad Map includes a link to a brief
profile and research findings for each location.
Photos
The Photos section includes a link to an album of pictures taken by Joshua Spinak during his visit to Uzventis in May 2011. The album includes many pictures of the stones in the Jewish cemetery. The inscriptions are not easy to decipher clearly, but perhaps you might recognize one that belongs to an ancestor.
Also included in the Photos section are pictures of a Sefer Torah from Uzventis.
Please contact me if you have additional pictures to add. We can link to pictures on your web-based photo albums (I can help you if you are not sure how to share an album).
Stories and pictures of Jewish families that lived in Užventis (enter)
- story of Užventis resident Daniel Zvi Noyek's journey from Užventis.
We welcome stories and pictures of individual families who lived in Užventis.
Please contact me if you wish to submit items about your Užventis ancestors.
Additional Links
(Of general interest, but not specific to Užventis)
- Litvak Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Jewish Family History Foundation
- JewishGen InfoFile -
for many
additional links that are relevant to Jewish Genealogy
- Wikipedia: Lithuanian Jews; History of the Jews in Lithuania
Created: Nov 2013 Updated: Nov 2016
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