My father's mother--whose maiden name was Rose Blumenthal--grew up in the small town of Linkuva in Lithuania, near the Latvian border. She left for America in 1900. Many, perhaps most, Jews emigrated from that region in the late 19th or early 20th century; those who stayed were all murdered during World War II.
The first two pictures show a main street in town, as it looked near the end and near the beginning of the 20th century. During the intervening 100 years, the only visible change is that the street is now paved. The political-economic-social-military-cultural upheaval and tragedy that characterized life in Eastern Europe throughout the century seem to have left no mark.
This house was home to a Jewish family in Linkuva in 1924.
The Blumsohn family of Linkuva posed for a photo in 1916.
Market Day in Linkuva, ca. 1916. Peasants from nearby farms would come to Linkuva to buy food and goods from the
Jewish merchants. The Blumenthal family had cows and sold the milk.
The first two pictures show a main street in town, as it looked near the end and near the beginning of the 20th century. During the intervening 100 years, the only visible change is that the street is now paved. The political-economic-social-
This house was home to a Jewish family in Linkuva in 1924.
The Blumsohn family of Linkuva posed for a photo in 1916.
Market Day in Linkuva, ca. 1916. Peasants from nearby farms would come to Linkuva to buy food and goods from the
Jewish merchants. The Blumenthal family had cows and sold the milk.
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Please contact me about your Linkuva family (and surname, which probably suggests we are related). Either via my google email which might appear here, or via the address that appears at the bottom of pages on the linkuva website at www.linkuva.com. This comment ideally not for putting on your blog as it may induce spam.
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