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BFC-00713
ROKISHKIS (also Rakishik, Rakishki, Rakishok, Rakiszki, Rokishki, Rokishok), Lithuania. Monument to Yakov Smushkevich, a native from the town. Smushkevich was fighter pilot, twice awarded with the highest Soviet award - golden Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Photo 1983. BFC-00714 ROKISHKIS (also Rakishik, Rakishki, Rakishok, Rakiszki, Rokishki, Rokishok), Lithuania. Monument to Yakov Smushkevich, a native from the town. Smushkevich was fighter pilot, twice awarded with the highest Soviet award - golden Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Photo 1983. BFC-00726 ROKISHKIS (also Rakishik, Rakishki, Rakishok, Rakiszki, Rokishki, Rokishok), Lithuania. Mass graves in the Iodupe forest near the town, where on 15-16 of August, 1941 several thousand Jews were murdered by the Nazis and Lithuanian police. Photo 1983. BFC-00727 ROKISHKIS (also Rakishik, Rakishki, Rakishok, Rakiszki, Rokishki, Rokishok), Lithuania. Monument at the mass graves in the Iodupe forest near the town, where on 15-16 of August, 1941 several thousand Jews were murdered by the Nazis and Lithuanian police. Photo 1983. BFC-00728 ROKISHKIS (also Rakishik, Rakishki, Rakishok, Rakiszki, Rokishki, Rokishok), Lithuania. Monument at the mass graves in the Iodupe forest near the town, where on 15-16 of August, 1941 several thousand Jews were murdered by the Nazis and Lithuanian police. The inscription in Russian, Lithuanian and Yiddish reads: Here found rest those killed by Lithuanian-German nationalists on 15-16 of August, 1941. Photo 1983. BFC-01877 ROKISHKIS (also Rakishik, Rakishki, Rakishok, Rakiszki, Rokishki, Rokishok), Lithuania, miscellaneous. Envelope, addressed by Chase Volpertene [Lithuanian form of the name Volpert/Wolpert for married women] to Jim Mayer in Chandlers, OK, USA. 1925. |