In 1996, the Vilna Gaon Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania published a remarkable book in two parts - "Vilnius Ghetto: Lists of Prisoners”  Volumes I and 2. The first volume contains data of a census which took place in Lithuania in 1942, May 27- 29 and concerns Vilnius Ghetto prisoners, which numbers of 15507 people. This means that the majority of Jews who were killed in the mass murders "Akzionen" of 1941 are absent... They are published according to their address in the Ghetto. Birth data, name and Family name, occupation (which mostly did not correspond to the real one) and address in the Ghetto: a historical article and unique photos are also given.

The second volume contains lists of orders, as well as list of prisoners of the Jewish labor camp "Kailis" (fur) in Vilnius, and various lists and documents on Jewish camps set outside Vilnius, but pertaining to the Vilnius Ghetto structurally. They are: Baltoji Voke (Byala Vaka), Bezdonys (Bezdany), Riese (Reshe) and Kena, as well as some others. Volume 2 contains the entire list of 15,507 Jews arranged alphabetically. To get a complete picture of the Vilna ghetto in 1942, and its inhabitants, a copy of both Volume 1 and Volume 2 are required.

All of the data is based on archival documents.

LitvakSIG's Ed Cohen scanned all of the names and addresses in Volume 1. With the kind permission of Rachel Kostanian, the Museum's director, and Gary Mokotoff of Avotaynu, the publisher, we are pleased to add this index to the "All Lithuania" database (ALD). The fields included are:

Surname / Given Name / Father's Name / Born / Residence in Ghetto / Date / Type of Record / Source