Part 1 of Visit to Israel

Articles about the region Kraštiečių feelingly of the long Israeli land (comments - 0) Author: Antanas Zilinskas / Santaka ' (2009 04 21) Feelingly of the long kraštiečių the land of Israel Looking for my family roots in the area Vilkaviškio come more and more foreigners living here once the various peoples (Polish, German, Russian, Tatar, Jewish) offspring. Interest in its history, and the edge nuveda us into a far country

. Mission Vilkaviskis Two years ago over the Internet užsimezgė Vilkaviškio edge museum in Israel and residing Ralph Salinger friendship. It is the search for family roots Vilkaviškio came with his comrade-in-Wayne Frankel. "Russia - the entire Jewish people necropolis. Here, resting from the sixteenth century, who lived in our power. World War II, victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania was 95 percent of our people's daughters and a son "- said the guests. Those looking for traces of his relatives, "the Jewish people of Representatives" (as they are identified, one venerable age vilkaviškietis) have visited the mission to capture pictures Vilkaviskis surviving Jewish cemetery tombstones records. Hardly legible text, and Ralph Wayne iššifravo original way. They smear letters shaving paste, then cleaned the table surface, and the monuments were engraved the letters easily legible. In 2007, two researchers iššifravo 250 entries. R. Outrigger these texts are translated into English and published in its Web site www.jewishvilkaviskis.org.

Israel, unfortunately, is still transported in stereotypical myth that the Jews in Lithuania dislikes. Our guests from Israel and the U.S. welcomed the well-heads of district support. Mayor of A. Thanks Bagušinsko cemetery was beautifully arranged, felled trees NEGLIGIBLE, nušienauta area. At the same time from Paris to visit the graves of their relatives came the French Jews, said: "yet nowhere in Europe nematėme so beautifully handled character the cemetery." For the organization and supervision of the Mayor and the Museum thanks to the Lithuanian ambassador in Israel

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In 2008, Ralph Crosstrees came and recorded a record of those monuments, which were nugriuvę and concealed records. It greatly surprised one of the monuments of an open reading Salinger's name. This was a significant total labor evaluation. Šifruodamas records versdamas them into English, R. Spreader set burial dates (Jewish and Catholic-year calculation is different). Thanks to dozens of researchers in Israel and the Jews living in other countries opened their parents, grandparents and great-grandfather of land - Lithuania and its a small town - Vilkaviškio
. Our meetings R. Outrigger said that it Vilkaviskis surprised that one of the žydiškiausių XVIII-XX the first half of the urban population of descendants - the twenty-first century, the Lithuanians - are unaware that they live in the city where even the 70 per cent of the population was Jewish.
Need to see how suspindi countrymen visiting a Jewish cemetery in the offspring's eyes, as the emotion of the parents' land of Plaka išvydusiųjų worm. Wayne Frankel, comes from Boston (USA), was ground and wept found the place where his grandparents lived, and parents. Apsilankančiųjų enriched the museum with a rare pre-times, photos, interesting memories. "If you want to know more about Vilkaviškis, come to Israel" - leaving in their homeland called vilkaviškiečius Ralph spreader. This spring, we, four Lithuanians from Vilkaviškio and Marijampolė, leidomės to the unusual journey.

Accepted as a kindred His departure to Israel, the way the three objectives: to meet with Vilkaviskis living descendants of Jews, the country's museums to collect materials about Vilkaviškis, pakeliauti places to walk in Christ and his disciples. Journey from the tourism excursions. We live in the diaspora Vilkaviškio families. They found us the best guides, in one way or another related to the Vilkaviškis, after žymiąsias carried for their own private transport. In addition, we had to live in and the kibbutz, said Ralph, - the Jews' kolchoze. " Flight Vilnius-Riga-Tel Aviv-neprailgo, although the duration of 6 hours. Ben Israel surprised Guriono airport of its size and diversity of passengers and continuous verification. We are warned that no hand luggage nesivežtume liquids nenustebtume airport employees when they heard unusual questions. Communication in English and Russian languages. The waiting room we trust ETF and Klara Pustopeckiai. ETF Šmarijahu Pustopeckis father - a vilkaviškietis. 1941, 14 June He, together with a further seven Vilkaviškio the Jews were transported to Siberia. He was born in 1951 his son ETF. Old Pustapeckio parents, Uncle Max -
famous book publisher - and other relatives perished in the Holocaust (Baltrušių village to shoot Pilviškių).

A typical story Clara Pustopeckių ETF and the fate of the family - a typical Soviet Jewish history. ETF sciences graduated from Vilnius, served in the Soviet army, and in 1974 together with his father went to Israel. There are currently retired. His wife Clara - Moldova bloom, works kindergarten governess. Family comes in three languages: Russian, Hebrew, English. ETF is not in a synagogue, a skeptical look to the Jewish orthodox, eat different food. He likes to travel. Lithuania has a lot of friends, several times visited the father's home. Raised a family of two sons. Senior - jazz musician, his girlfriend - the singer. Men have their own recording studio, with the jazz orchestra has performed in Kaunas. Jaunylis below the sciences, work and leisure for all horses. "What the youth situation in Lithuania? Does it cause a lot of trouble? "- Asked the ETF. He argues that Israel is a very noisy pupils to uphold their rights, feuding with their parents and teachers. ETF told of one incident, and his family. When jaunylis was thirteen years old, according to Jewish custom, it was įvesdintas in the synagogue, and became a fully fledged man. But the son's independence and has caused concerns. Once the time for an otherwise quiet and reticent father sudavė their son during the trylikamečiam face. After the conflict in the parents went out to the guests. And as the ETF surprised when the door to the apartment of friends pasibeldė police. Father numb hands and he had to sit areštinėje day. This son of defending their rights.