NEW YEAR CARD 1935

PLUNGE

PRESERVED  WOODEN  SYNAGOGUE

IN PLUNGE LITHUANIA

documented by the Center for Jewish Art in 1996 and 2004

Wooden Kloyz in Plungė (1931)
Photo Sergey Kravtsov & Zoya Arshavsky, 2004

The synagogue of Plunge, Lithuania By Emmanuel Dyan
 

The synagogue of Plunge, Lithuania By Emmanuel Dyan
 

The synagogue of Plunge, Lithuania By Emmanuel Dyan
 

LIFE IN PLUNGE

Residential buildings in Plunge, Lithuania, photographed between the two world wars

A Jewish preschool in Plunge, Lithuania.

Jewish musicians in Plunge, Lithuania

Jewish firefighters in Plunge, Lithuania, photographed during the years between the two world wars.

A street in Plunge, Lithuania, photographed between the two world wars.

Teachers and pupils in a school of the 'Tarbut' system in Plunge,

Lithuanians at the annual Yahrzeit in the Koshan forest

Plungyan “Maccabee” soccer team, September 14, 1935

A group of Plungyaner Jews in 1925

 

Plungyaner Organization “Bund” Some of the them are: Valke Sher, Havke Kagan, Hentke Brik, and Garb

Members of the Committee of the Plungyan Jewish Community at the outset of the war Seated from left: Varshtauer, Israelovitch, Sher, Dovid Goldvasser, Nehama Ril, Hile Riman, Chotse Gamzu, Leibovitch. Standing from left: Gelerenter, Minde, Lifkovitch, Michel Amolski, Chaim Rest, Shlomo-Itzik Rest

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Plunge, Lithuania, Children of the childrens home photographed with a ballet company, before the war. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, Prewar, The Talmud Torah (religious elementary school) building. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, An elderly woman. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Poland, Exterior of a synagogue. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, Prewar, The synagogue beadle Moshe Roisem. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, A building housing a mikveh (ritual bath), Prewar. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, A woman wrapped in clothes sitting in a doorway, surrounded by jugs. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, A sewing class by a local elementary school, 12/05/1928. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, 02/07/1931, Funeral of victims of the great fire. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, Prewar, People in the town after the great fire. Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, Prewar, A group of Hebrah Kaddisha (burial society) men Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, Haim Shalom on the eve of the Sabbath.Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, A monument to the local Jewish community Credit: Yad Vashem

Plunge, Lithuania, Prewar, Members of the town council Credit: Yad Vashem

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