| 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 | Kats | Shloime | Chaluna | Peddler in the villages | Mosedis, Shkud | 1908 | Shkud | |
| Wife | Kats | Housewife | Mosedis, Shkud | 1912 | Alka Hill | |||
| Son | Kats | Shloime | Mosedis, Shkud | 1936 | Alka Hill | |||
| Daughter | Kats | Shloime | Mosedis, Shkud | 1938 | Alka Hill | |||
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| Husband | Kats | Alter Gedalya | Small grocery store | Shkud | 50 | Shkud | ||
| Wife | Kats | Reiza Mala | Housewife | Darbenai, Shkud | 48 | Alka Hill | ||
| *** |
According to Hana Shaf-Brener, there were two Kats families living in Shkud.
1) Shloime Kats, born 1908, son of Chaluna, a peddler, originally from Mosedis, lived in Shkud, togther with his wife (born 1912) and two children (born 1936 and 1938), whose names we do not know.
2) Alter Gedalya Kats, 50, ran a small grocery, and was married to Reiza Mala, 48.
Shloime Kats (photo Yad Vashem)
Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database records the marriage of Shlome Katz, born in 1906 to Khlaune and Elke (nee Kravich) of Mosedis, to Rivka Gurvich, born 1907 to Hirsh and Gita (nee Zalkind) of Liepaja, Latvia. The marriage took place in Mosedis, 1939. Shlome’s occupation is given as blacksmith; Rivka was born in Skuodas. For more information on the Kats family of Mosedis, visit the Mosedis Shtetl Project.
Yad Vashem provides the following information on Shloime Kats and his family:
Sloma Katz was born in Mosedis, Lithuania in 1906 to Chlaune and Elke. He was a mechanic. Prior to the war he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Sloma was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his brother, a Shoah survivor.http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=3653638&language=en
Mrs. Katz was born in Libau, Latvia in 1907. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Skud, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skud, Lithuania. She was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her brother-in-law, a Shoah survivor.http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=3913362&language=en
Mr. Katz was born in Skud, Lithuania to Sloma. He was a child. Prior to WWII he lived in Skud, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skud, Lithuania. He was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his niece, a Shoah survivor.http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=3650849&language=en
Hina Katz was born to Sloma. She was a baby. Prior to WWII she lived in Skud, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skud, Lithuania. Hina was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her uncle, a Shoah survivor. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=3646643&language=en
Miriam Katz, who emigrated or survived the war, was a member of Ha No’ar:
“Ha’Noar” association in Shkud, 20 Sivan, 5695 (June 21, 1935)
Bottom row (right to left): Yitzhak Aibel, Yechezkel Yudelman (now in the USA), Shoshana Yudelman (now in the USA), Benjamin Shtiris, Mira Chatzkel, Sarah Fil (now in the USA), Abraham Yorburski. Second row: Leah Mines, Shlomo London, Chaya Sheindling Mevezis (now in Israel), Mendel Baskind (now in South Africa), Liba Shaf, Shraga Perlgeber (now in Israel), Miriam Savel, Alexander Pinta (now in Israel), Yeshayahu Fogelman. Third row: Liba Tov, Leah Perlgeber, Yehudit EIsen Halpern (now in Israel), Mendel Segal, Roda Chin, Sarah Reif Piotrkowski (now in Israel), Tova Levin, Miriam Katz Gelfand (now in Israel), Liba Horvitz, Pesia Dorfman, Mane Yudelman (now in South Africa). Fourth row: Eliezer Baskind (now in South Africa), Leib Friedman (now in South Africa), Klein (now in France), Feiga Hadasin (now in South Africa), Mina Cohen, Rosa Axelrod, Abraham Tenor (now in South Africa), Temma Meller (now in Canada) (Kehilat Shkud 18)