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Vilkija, Lithuania, Postwar, A memorial ceremony at the site where Jews of the town were murdered.

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3500 Jews from Vilkija and the neighboring towns were murdered during the mass murder in August 1941. Survivors from Vilkija can be seen in the photograph.
Lithuania, Postwar, A memorial ceremony for Jews of the town who were murdered by Germans.
Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Youth from the town at a beach.
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Kowno, Lithuania, A memorial to Jews of the ghetto who were murdered.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, a view of the town.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Postwar, Survivors from the town.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Postwar, The old cemetery in the town.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Postwar, A memorial ceremony at the site where Jews of the town were murdered.
The mass murder took place in August 1941. 3500 Jews from Vilikja and the neighboring town were killed.
Archival Signature : 2608
Related Album : Lithuania, Postwar, a Memorial Ceremony for Jews of the Town Who Were Murdered By Germans.
Tel Aviv, Israel, Postwar, A meeting of survivors from Vilkija, Lithuania, and their children.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Jewish youth in a sled harnessed to a horse.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, A Hechalutz Hatzair group in the town.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Youth from the town.
Archival Signature : 2608
Credit : Yad Vashem
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Youth from the town at a beach.
Archival Signature : 2608
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Site where Jews were forced to undress before being murdered.
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Vilkija, Lithuania. From the right: Shneor Temshe, Reuven Ben-Tovim, Shlomo Antopitzky and Shimon Temshe, before the war.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Postwar, A memorial ceremony at the site where Jews from the town were murdered.
The mass murder took place in August 1941. 3500 Jews from Vilikja and the neighboring town were killed.
Archival Signature : 2608
Related Album : Lithuania, Postwar, a Memorial Ceremony for Jews of the Town Who Were Murdered By Germans.
Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Rachel Gordon with her friends Adina and Ita.
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Lithuania, A memorial ceremony to Jews of the town who were murdered by the Germans.
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Tel Aviv, Israel, Postwar, A meeting of survivors from Vilkija, Lithuania, and their children.
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Credit : Yad Vashem
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Lithuania, Postwar, A sign beside a mass grave.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Jewish youth beside the Njemen River.
Archival Signature : 2608
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Jewish youth in the town.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Jewish youth from the village, after the fire that occurred there in 1937.
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Credit : Yad Vashem
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Youth from the town at a beach.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, The place where Jews were undressed before they were murdered.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Postwar, A memorial ceremony at the site where Jews of the town were murdered.
3500 Jews from Vilkija and the neighboring towns were murdered during the mass murder in August 1941. Survivors from Vilkija can be seen in the photograph.
Archival Signature : 2608
Related Album : Lithuania, Postwar, a Memorial Ceremony for Jews of the Town Who Were Murdered By Germans.
Vilkija, Lihtuania, Prewar, Rachel Yaglin.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Arye Gampel and Simon Tamsha.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Gretner, a teacher in the town.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Prewar, Jewish youth from the town.
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Credit : Yad Vashem
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Vilkija, Lithuania, Survivors from the town and their children, in a memorial ceremony for those who perished.
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Vilkija, Lithuania, The remains of the Great Synagogue (on the right) and Shlomo Zask's house, where a folk bank for loans for the town's Jews was housed (on the left).
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Lithuania, Postwar, A memorial ceremony for Jews of the town who were murdered by Germans.
Archival Signature
2608
Name of Submitter
Zvi Yaglin
Source
Zvi Yaglin
Place
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Vilkija,Kaunas,<>,Lithuania
Date of Accession
01/05/1988
Type of material
Album
Album Number
FA218/9
Subjects
Memorial Services
Postwar Period
Mass Murders