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Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman of panevezys

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Armed Lithuanians and a Germans force Jews to disrobe  at an extermination site at Panevezys, Lithuania

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Members of hashomer Hatzair during Hachshara

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Members of hashomer Hatzair during Hachshara

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Members of hashomer Hatzair

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The Brauer family home in Panevezys prior to 1939. The address was Ukmerges Gatve #34.
credit; Boris Brauer

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Eduard Brauer with parents; Menashe Brauer and Sonia nee Lurie.
Menashe and Sonia left Lithuania for Chicago in 1940. Eduard perished
in Dachau in 1945.

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The wedding of ? (related to the Brauers).
Sitting from left; Sonia Brauer, ?, ?, Menashe Braue< Menashes' mother. Standing; ?, ?
Fania nee Krieman and her husband; Eduard Brauer.

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The boys of the last graduating class of the Panevezio Zydu
Gimnazia in the last month of 1940 ( during the Soviet rule). standing
from left; Boris Brauer, Levit ( was hidden during the war by the
Polish movie house owner: Chmelnitzki, survived) Froika Gurevitz (
perished in 1941) , Milner ( perished in 1941), Chemachovitz ( escaped
to Russia during first days of war- survived) Luria ( perished in
1941),? in front of Luria ( came from a near by shtetl to study in
the Gimnazia), ? ( nicknamed-Kityan- Perished) Chaim Rotenberg (
perished in 1942), Moshe levin ( survived the war as soldier of the
Red Army- killed in berlin 2 days after the war ended)

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The graduating class of the Panevezio Zydu Gimnazia in
December of 1940.
boys; Standing from left; Moshe levin, ?, Boris Brauer, Chaim
Rotenberg ( perished), ? ( perished), Borka Voyzik ( survived and
lived in Holon), Lurie ( perished),
Chemachovitz ( escaped to Russia and survived), on the ground; Mota
Grojcer and Froika Gurevitz ( both perished in 1941) Girls; ?, Gita
nee Levjan ( family sent to Russia- she survived and married Voichik-
live in Holon ) Sara Bernshtein ( the best student- only daughter of
the doctor- girlfriend of Boris, perished) sitting on the ground;
Taibe Plaus- survived and moved to Israel after the war, standing to
the right of her; Voichik sister ( she perished) . Other are unknown
to Boris

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( also in Vilna front) Novo Vileika ( near Vilna) , 4, 1918. The
picture was sent by friends to Joseph Brower ( born in Lithuania in
1885, came to the U.S in 1905) . In the back, in Russian; " Our dear
friend in New York,
a vivid note fromus in Novo Vileika fighting for independent
Lithuania" signed; Leon livshitz, david leibovitz, ? Shvartz, Chazan,
Rovim, Studinsky, Leibovitz- It is picture of Lithuanian Jew.s who
fought the Bolshaviks.Also in the picture; top left; Ed Brauer. The
woman pictured was a nurse

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Boris Brauer and his parents; Fania nee Krieman and Ed Brauer.

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The Marcus on the left ( all perished in 1941) and Brauer
families ( baby Boris and his mother survived- father perished)
Picture taken c 1925

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From left, Zohar ( Igor) Brauer, Grandma; Sonia nee Luria, Boris
Brauer holding the dog; Zotzka
The grandparents left for America in 1940. boris , Zohar and their
mother,were sent by the Soviet rule to Siberia in 1941 ( a few days
before the nazis attacked Lithuania) both boys live in the los Angeles
area in 2006.

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Boris and his mother visiting Riga.

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Sitting at bottom; Miryam Brower ( daughter of uncle Joseph, a
visitor from the U.S), Eduard Brauer and his son; Boris
sitting in the middle; Grisha/ Gershon Marcus ( owner of a branch of
the Marcus family of Kovno- tobacco and American film distribution,
perished with family in 1941), daughter of Gershon, Gasia Marcus,
Felicia ( daughter of uncle Joseph Brower, a visitor from the U.S)
Fania Brauer
standing; a friend of the family ( name unknown) , Bethy Marcus (
related to the Vilishensky family of paris who later moved to Brazil)
, ? - a visitor from Kovno ( he owned a car).Picture taken in 1932

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Boris and his parents during a summer in Palanga on the shore of
the Baltic Sea it is the busiest Lithuanian summer resort with
beautiful sand beaches.

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Panevezys c 1938; Boris and Igor ( Zohar) Brauer. Igor came from
the Soviet Union to california in the 1970s'.

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Panevezys 1938; The first picture taken by Boris with his very
first camera. with friends; Zaika Dambo and Maika Glotzer ( both
perished in 1941)

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1926 Barciunai. From left: Grisha Marcus, Fania Brauer, Avraham
Yeshurun, Bethy' mother ( last name Madyesky?) Bethy Marcus, Gesia
Marcus, Brauer Eduard and Boris

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1929, Barciunai. Standing from left; Grisha Marcus, Gesia
Marcus, Boris Brauer, Avraham Yeshurun. Sitting; ?- a relative of the
Brauers, Fania
Brauer, Eduard Brauer, Bethy Marcus.

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Panevezys, 1932. Felicia and Miryam Brower ( visitors from
America) with their uncle; Eduard Brauer.

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Eduard Brauer ( far right) with some relatives visiting from
America; to his left; his brother; Joseph, his brothers' daughter;
Miryam, his uncle ? Brower (brother of Eduard' father, Menashe)

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Palanga, 1927; Boris and his parents

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c 1910 brothers; Max ( born in 1896) and Eduard ( born in
1902). Max Brower came to America in 1914 ( died in 1948 in Chicago).
Edurard perished in 1945.

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Sonia nee luria Brauer near her garden in Panevezys. Sonia
left Lithuania for America in 1940, shortly before it was taken by the
Soviets.

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The Brauer family. The picture was taken prior to Max
parting for America in 1914.from left; daughter; Tamara Szcepanski
(survived the war and came to
America with family), son Eduard ( perished in 1945) mother; Sonia nee
Luria, son; Max, daughter; Rachel Taborski (She was a dentist in
Poland, perished- her son survived- Boleslaw Taborski (b. 1927 in
Torun, Poland- now lives in London)) father; Menashe Brauer (died in
Chicago), Menashes' mother.

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Eduard with his sons Igor and Boris c 1936.

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The wedding of Fania (nee Kreiman) and Eduard Brauer,
Panevezys, 1924.
HaRav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman married them. Also seen in the picture
the parents of the groom; Sonia and menashe Brauer. The parents of the
bride who lived in the Soviet Union, could not attend the wedding.

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Fania Brauer with her sons; Boris and Igor. The family was
sent by the Soviets to Siberia a week before the Nazis invaded
Lithuania ( June of 1941). They survived- the father who was in Kovno
in June of 1941, was not sent to Siberia. he perished in Dachau in
1945.

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Sonia ( nee Luria) Brauer with her son Eduard, who served
in the Lithuanian army.

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HaRav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman visits Chicago in 1964 and meets
with Panevezys natives. on his left; Boris Brauer, on his right; Leo
Marcus ( the son of the brother of Grisha Marcus -who perished with
his family in Panevezys)

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Fania nee Kreiman with her son; Boris Brauer. Fania and her
other son; Igor, lived in the Soviet Union after the war. fania passed
away in the Ukraine in the 1970s'.

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Issac Chait with his cousin Metuka Segal in Panevezys.  Metuka perished in 1941

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Metuka Zisa Segal (mother Rifka was from Kriger family) perished in Panevezys in 1941.  Here she is in 1930 with cousin Benjamin and his daughter Syd Chait

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Kriger daughters left Panevezys in late 1920s

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Aryeh Segal and his sister Metuka (pictures taken at different times) Aryeh immigrated to Isreal at start of war Metuka perished in 1941.  Children of Rifka nee Kriger

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The Kriger sisters, Rivka Segal, Asna Chait, with their daughters and nieces. Two on right, Rivka and daughter Metuka perished in Panevezys in 1941. The rest immigrated to Israel before the war.

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Hashomer Hatzair
Young members and their counselors, HaShomer haTsa'ir Zionist youth movement in Panevezys.

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A mass grave in Pajust, near Panevezys, Lithuania, in which 3,000 Jews were shot to death.

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Hashomer Hatzair 1926

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Moisey Luria (and his sister*) Rachil Luria (Kirschen*) , Ponevezh Feb 6, 1921
According to my father Dave Kempner, Rachil was a sister-in-law* to Leba Friedman,
father of Chana Peer Slavin, Batia and their brothers
Marlene Dobrin
Batia told me that her mother Asna had an older sister; Sara nee Even Luria ( born c 1870) . She lived with her husband; Eliezer Loria, in Birzai. They had children; Moshe (born c 1900) , Rachel also born in 1900, and Guta. Sara perished in Birzai with her family (see testimony http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/birz/birz_pages/birz_stories_batia.html). the people pictured would be the children of the sister in law.
Eilat

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Genady (Genadijus Kofmanas, Chairman of the Panevezys Jewish Community) and Keith Kaye

(more below)

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Picture taken in the Panevezys Jewish Cemetery in 1935 (Troib family, related to Dr. Keith W Kaye)

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Gravestone Fragment (Hebrew: "...HERE RESTS OUR DEAR MOTHER....")

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Broken Gravestones ( you could recognize a few Hebrew letters on the right)

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Picture and caption found at;
http://www.mannbarry.net/Lithuania/Beyachad/Ponevezys/album/index.html

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Picture and caption found at;
http://www.mannbarry.net/Lithuania/Beyachad/Ponevezys/album/index.html

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Two Jewush girls from Ponevitzes 1924 http://www.mannbarry.net/Lithuania/Beyachad/Ponevezys/album/slides/E-P-3-Description.html

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Picture and caption found at;
http://www.mannbarry.net/Lithuania/Beyachad/Ponevezys/album/index.html

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This photograph was taken in Panevezys during a family reunion (Shein, Riklis and Beniaminovich) in a summer in the late 1930s. The reunion marked the visit of Goida Gan, their cousin from Latvia. All of the people in the photo were murdered in Panevezys in 1941, with the exception of Goida Gan, who emigrated to Palestine before the war broke out.
Yad Vashem, Museums Division, Artifacts Collection

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a picture of Moisey and Rachil Luria Ponevezh Feb 6, 1921. According
to my father Dave Kempner, Rachil was a sister-in-law to Leba Friedman
father of Chana Peer Slavin and Batia Friedman of Birzai.

Marlene Kempner

 

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Commemoration for those who perished

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Deborah (Devora, daughter of Abraham Osherowitz and Sarah nee
Meirovitz) with husband Harry (Zvi Yehuda) Berelowitz

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Israel Abramowitz with wife Rachel Abramowitz nee Berelowitz

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Standing from left: Jacob (Shmaryohu) Berelowitz, , Deborah (Devora)
Berelowitz( daughter of Abraham Osherowitz and Sarah (nee Meyerowitz))
, Solomon Berelowitz and Rachel Abramowitz
siting; Benjamin Berelowitz, Rebecca Shifra (Bessie) Jowell and  Harry
(Zvi Yehuda) Berelowitz

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Khaya Tsipe Sheftz , Yehuda Maisha Sheftz , Feiga Henna/ Pina Khana Raf/Roup, Henry Sheftz picture taken in 1908

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Yehuda Maisha Sheftz of Panevežys
with his family.

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Moshe and Hene (Henia Sara) Grin

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Tuvia Grin was killed as a partisan fighting the Nazis