Memorial Book of Shavli;
A Diary from a Lithuanian Ghetto (1941-1944)

(Šiauliai, Lithuania)

55°56' / 23°19'

Translation of
Pinkas Shavli – Yoman mi-Ghetto Lita

Edited by: Eliezer Yerushalmi

Published in Jerusalem, 1958





This is a translation from: Pinkas Shavli – Yoman mi-Ghetto Lita; Memorial Book of Shavli – A Diary from a Lithuanian Ghetto (1941 - 1944);
ed. Eliezer Yerushalmi, Jerusalem, 1958 (420 pages, Hebrew)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Siauliai


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Translated by Yocheved Klausner


    Page
 
Foreword B. Dinur 7
About the book   9
Introduction   13
 
The Siauliai Pinkas [register]
The year 1941   31
The year 1942   57
The year 1943   152
The year 1944   347
Appendix I: Continuation of the history of the Siauliai Jews until their transfer to Germany   379
Appendix II: Camp Polangen Memories of Mordechai Yerushalmi z”l 394
Appendix III: About Camp Bianishek Testimony of the executive board member Shmuel Burgin 402
Appendix IV: Poems and songs from the Siauliai Ghetto   404
Appendix V: Four German documents about the Siauliai Ghetto   407
     
Maps
The Siauliai Ghetto   413
The Siauliai Ghetto, Caucasus region   414
The Siauliai Ghetto, Trako region   415
Index of places   416



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