Relationship	Family/ Pre-Marriage Name	First Name	Father’s Name	Mother’s Name	Occupation or Nickname	Place of birth/ Residence	Age or birth date	Place and date of death
Widow	Balkind/ Shteynman	Pesya	Yakov	Sarah	Excellent sewer of coats	Shkud	1822[1]	Alka Hill August 1941
Son	Balkind	Leib	Shmuel	Pesya	Shoe stitcher	Shkud	18	Shkud: killing of 28.06.41
Son	Balkind	Leyzer	Shmuel	Pesya	Student	Shkud	16	Shkud: by the train tracks, 1941
Grandmother	Balkind	Rivka	Mother of Shmuel		Housewife	Shkud	70	Alka Hill
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According to Yad Vashem, Pessia Belkind was born in Letichev, Ukraine (USSR) in 1893 to Meir and Ester. She was a housewife and married to Shmuel. Prior to WWII she lived in Lithuania. During the war she was in Lithuania. Pessia was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her sister (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1446545&language=en). On the testimony card itself, Pessia’s pre-war residence is given as Shkud.

According to Yad Vashem, Leizer Belkind was born in Lithuania in 1917 to Shmuel and Pesia. He was single. Prior to WWII he lived in Kovno, Lithuania. During the war he was in Kovno, Lithuania. Leizer was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his aunt. (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=440829&language=en).

According to Yad Vashem, Leibel Belkind was born in Lithuania in 1920 to Shmuel and Pesia. He was single. Prior to WWII he lived in Kovnat, Latvia. During the war he was in Kovnat, Latvia. Leibel was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his aunt. (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=781391&language=en)

The information given by Hana Shaf-Brener and the Yad Vashem database on Leizer and Leibel differ in their details, which is not uncommon.

Sarah Balkind, the daughter of Shmuel and Pesya, grandaughter of Rivka, survived to give testimony at the Soviet trial of the Shkud perpetrators. She stated her oldest brother, Leib Balkind, was murdered on June 28 (Shaf-Brener 9).

“Ha’Shomer Ha’Tzair”, the Shkud troop, 1930

Bottom row (right to left): Moshe Kangisser (now in South Africa), Jacob Kravitz, Meir Sheindling, Hirt Tov (now in Rhodesia), David Gruppel (now in Israel), Yosef Taitz, Moshe Falk, Chaim Elkin.
Second row: Yosef Peltz (now in Israel), Tzipa Sher, Perlgeber, Meir Hovsha, Daniel Prochovnik Pirchiyahu (now in Israel), Alexander Pinta (now in Israel), Gitta Taitz, Zalman Gruppel (now in Israel), Miriam Tov, Eliyahu Fogelman (now in the USSR), David Peltz, Chaim Urdang, Eliezer Bob.
Third row: Sarah Belkind (now in Lithuania), Gelle Perlgeber, Shalom Binder, Feige Perlgeber, Shlomo Yankelovitz, Meir Taitz, Chaya Peltz Yaakobi (now in Israel), Tzipora Taitz Freilichman (now in Israel), Tzipa Singer.
Fourth row: Eliyahu Reif (now in Israel), Leib Yitzhak Mines, Dvora Segal, Feiga Fogelman, Hinda Segal (now in Lithuania), Rachel Bob, Etta Shlez (now in Australia), Mina Baskind, Ester Sheindling, Hinda Savel Rathoiz (now in Israel), Sheina Baskind. 
Fifth row: Aba Bloch, Tova Mines, Israel Tenor, Shlomo Yitzhak Fogelman, Shlomo Taitz (now in Israel), Temma Taitz (now in the USA), Daniel Abramovic (now in the USA) (Photo Kehilat Shkud 20)

According to Yad Vashem, Ezriel Balkind was born in Skodas, Lithuania in 1888. He was a merchant and married to Lea nee Abrahamson. Prior to WWII he lived in Raudone, Lithuania. During the war he was in Raudone, Lithuania. Ezriel was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his relative (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1529362&language=en). Maush Balkind: Prior to WWII he lived in Mosedis, Lithuania. During the war he was in Mosedis, Lithuania. Maush was murdered in 1941 in Skuodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a List of persecuted persons found in List of murdered from Mosedis area during 1941. (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=5930547&language=en).

The relationship between Ezriel and Maush and the Balkind family in Skuodas is unclear.

Jewish Gen’s South African database reveals a Maurice Balkind, born in Skuodas in 1906, who emigrated in 1922.

JewishGen has a number of entries on the Balkind family in Skuodas and nearby towns. To find out more, go to www.jewishgen.org and search the Lithuanian Database.