Zundel Skaist

Zundel Skaist

Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	Ukmerge, Lithuania
Date of emigration	N/A
Spouse	Maryane Kan
Date of marriage	20 May 1927
Place of marriage	Kretinga, Lithuania
Children	Yaakov Lazar, b. ca. 1929, Skuodas, Lithuania Menucha, b. ca. 1930, Skuodas, Lithuania Naomi Sheine, b. ca. 1937, Skuodas, Lithuania
Date of death	Jul 1941
Place of death	Skuodas, Lithuania
Place of burial	Skuodas, Lithuania

Zundel Skaist,
Stationed in Zhitomir, Ukraine,
27 November 1913.
From the collection of Joyce Rowland.
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Zundel Skaist with his father, aunts, uncles, siblings, and cousins.
Standing, l to r: Lazar Skaist, Zelda Glass, Yentel Skaist,
Zundel Skaist, Label Skaist, and Sonia Briss.
Seated, l to r: Yitzchok Glass, Buna Ita Glass, Notte Skaist,
Elia Briss, and Riva Briss.
Circa 1924, Ukmerge, Lithuania.
From the collection of Jules Miller.
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Document	Details	Where found
1919 Lithuanian Residents List Ukmerge, Kaunas guberniya	Notel Skayst, head of household, male, age 61. Resides in Ukmerge, Rishskaya street 23. February 1919. Page 569, registration number 297. Zundel Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 27. Ema Skayst, daughter of Notel. Daughter of head of household, female, age 25. Leyba Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 20.	JewishGen.org Transcription of record Residents List KRA/I/517/1/35
1919 Lithuanian Residents List Ukmerge, Kaunas guberniya	Notel Skayst, head of household, male, age 65. Resides in Ukmerge, Rishskaya street 29. February 1919. Page 572, registration number 318. Zundel Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 28. Leyzer Skaist, male, age 26. Ema Skayst, daughter of Notel. Daughter of head of household, female, age 25. Leyba Skayst, son of Notel. Son of head of household, male, age 20.	JewishGen.org Transcription of record Residents List KRA/I/517/1/35
20 May 1927 Lithuanian Marriage Record	Groom: Zundel Skaist. Father's name: Notel Skaist. Mother's maiden name: Feige Kusner. Resident of Skuodas. Born 1891. Bride: Maryane Kan. Father's name: Izrael Kan. Mother's maiden name: Menukha Olshvang. Resident of Skuodas. Age 30. Husband photographer, born in Ukmerge. Wife shopkeeper. Rabbi B. Perskis, witnessed by Kh. Levinas and Kh. L. Rostovskis.	JewishGen.org Transcription of record Not filmed LVIA/1817/1/158
Yizkor Book, ha-Edut al ha-Retsah Yehude Shkud Shebi-Lita by Hana Shaf-Brener Testimonies of the Massacre of the Jews of Shkud in Lithuania	Husband, Zundel Skaist, photographer of Shkud, age 38, died in Shkud, July 1941. Wife, Mara Skaist, maiden name Kohen, daughter of Yisroel, housewife, age 32, died at Alka Hill. Son, [name not given], son of Zundel and Mara, student, born 1933, died at Alka Hill. Daughter, Sheyna Skaist, daughter of Zundel and Mara, student, born 1936, died at Alka Hill.	ShtetlShkud.com Transcription of Yizkor Book
Testimony on the Murder of the Jews of Shkud, Lithuania	A full account of the fall of the Jewish community of Skuodas is here. Please be aware that, although it has no photographs, it does contain graphic descriptions of horrors and crimes against humanity.	JewishGen.org
1975 Page of Testimony	Meri Skaist, born 1901, resident of Shkud, Lithuania, daughter of Yisrael and Menucha. Husband's name Zundel Skaist. Children: Lazar, Menucha, Sheinele. Died in Shkud in 1941. Attested on 31 Aug 1975 by a relative of Meri Skaist.	Copy of original record held by Joyce Rowland Provided by Yad Vashem
Grave marker	Memorial in Skuodas, near the Skuodas Museum. The inscription reads: "To commemorate Skuodas Jews -- children, women, men -- and also other Lithuanians and people of other nationalities who were killed by Nazis and their helpers in 1941." Click picture to view larger version in separate window.	Photograph and description found on ShtetlShkud.com

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