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
Husband	Hochman	Leib			Tanner and shoe store	Shkud	45	Shkud, July
Wife	Hochman	Henya			Housewife and shoe store	Shkud	42	Alka Hill
Daughter	Hochman	Miriam	Leib	Henya	Student	Shkud	16	Alka Hill
Son	Hochman		Leib	Henya	Student	Shkud	14	Alka Hill
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According to Hana Shaf-Brener, Leib Hochman, a tanner and operator of a shoe store, was married to Henya, who worked in the home and the shoe store. The couple had two children: Miriam, age 16, and a son (name unknown), age 14.

Kehilat Shkud has two mentions of the Hochman business: a tannery (52), and, in a longer description: “The shtetl’s tanners, Shpitz (now in South Africa), Hochman, Turek and Kopelovitsch in the New Town and Grinblatt in the Old Town, purveyed most of the needed raw materials to Shkud’s shoe factories” (13). Leon Bernstein’s memoir “My Little Town Shkud” recalls Leib Hochman’s business as a rope factory – an error? Or was this a secondary business?

In the document “Jews in the Memory of Skuodas People” (see link on this page), Leiba Hochman’s business is listed under the heading of “Leather workshops and factories” (20). On a more personal note, there are two longer descriptions of Itzik Hochman (Leib and Henya’s son?): “The Jews of Skuodas had several synagogues. There was a two-storey stone synagogue on Jono Basanaviciaus Street, where the healthcare centre now stands. There was also a Jewish school in the same building. Itze Khokhman, a friend of V. Vaitilavicius, was a graduate of this school” (10). … “Viktoras Vaitilavicius studied in the same class as Itzik Khokhman, who was called Itze, and shared a school desk with him. Itze entered the gymnasium in the 5^th grade, after finishing four years in a Jewish school. All the Jews were quite good at Lithuanian. Itze was a studious pupil who did not miss classes. He would come to school even on Sabbath, but he would only sit and listen, because he did not bring any books nor notebooks. On those days, Viktoras would write down on a sheet of paper all the class work and homework tasks for him. Itze would come to school on Monday having done all the work” (7).

Jewish Gen lists several members of the Hochman family in Skuodas. Mousha Gaukhman, son of Iosel, was a 55-year-old leather worker in 1912; and his son, Girsh Leyb, age 25 in 1914. Girsh Leyb lived in Courliandskaya street at that time, was a trader, and had 10 rubles in a postal savings bank account.

Yad Vashem provides the following information on the Hochman family of Skuodas:

Leibas Hochman was born in Skuedas, Lithuania to Moshe and Sara. He was a merchant and married to Hena. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuedas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuedas, Lithuania. Leibas was murdered/perished in 1941 in Skuedas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=697694&language=en)

Miriam Hochman was born in 1925 to Leibas and Hena. She was a child. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuedas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skuedas, Lithuania. Miriam was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8859282&language=en)

Moshe Hochman was born in 1928 to Leibas and Hena. He was a child. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuedas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuedas, Lithuania. Moshe was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8859283&language=en)

Yisrael Hochman was born in 1931 to Leibas and Hena. He was a child. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuedas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuedas, Lithuania. Yisrael was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8859284&language=en)