Hello, My name is Chuck Barnes and I'm a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer working at the Alytus Tourist Information Center in Alytus, Lithuania. One of the projects I'm working on is a pamphlet on the Jewish history in Alytus. This pamphlet is being written both to tell the story of the Jews of Alytus but also hoping to develop tourism in Alytus. Alytus has a great old Synagogue, a old cemetery and a monument to the Jews killed here during WW2. I have not been able to find any information on the Synagogue. If you have any information on are Synagogue or the Jews of Alytus I would appreciate the help.
In a message dated 11/5/00 8:12:02 AM, Chuck Barnes writes:
<<If you have any information on the Synagogue or the Jews of Alytus I would appreciate the help. >>
There is a moving set of photographs >from 1941 taken by a German soldier as the first German armored columns entered Alytus. Especially poignant was the note written by the German photographer on the back of a photograph concerning the Lithuanian "patriots" liberating a Jewish shoe factory. (Translation: stealing the shoes). The sequence of snapshots are found in the National Archives Photographic Division.
Robert Weiss in Northridge With roots in Kelme, Lithuania RWeissJGS@aol.com
From: ccb3pcv@yahoo.com If you have any information on are Synagogue or the Jews of Alytus I would appreciate the help.
I have a good friend in Lithuania today. He is not in that city, and he is not Jewish, but he has helped me in getting information. If you wish, I could send you his e-mail and I think he is in Vilnuis.
