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	Kohen	Chasya			Housewife	Shkud	60	Alka Hill, 15-16 August 1941
Married son	Kohen	Moshe		Chasya		Shkud	32	Shkud, end June-mid July 1941
Son	Kohen	Yosef; single		Chasya		Shkud	27	Shkud
***
Daughter	Kohen	Reizl; there were children		Chasya	Housewife	Shkud	29	Alka Hill
Husband of Reizl	Kohen	Mayer	Shmuel	Shloma	Merchant	Shkud	31	Shkud
Father	Kohen	Shmuel	And their family	There were more children	Merchant	Shkud	64	Shkud
Mother	Kohen	Shloma	And their family		Housewife	Shkud	59	Shkud
Son	Kohen	Hirsh	Shmuel	Shloma		Shkud	26	Shkud
***
Husband	Kohen	Moshe			Teacher, principal of  Shkud pre-gymnasium. Moved to Eishishok in 1939.	Kovne, Eishishok	32	Eishishok, summer 1941
Wife	Kohen/Segal	Lily			“Beauty”; housewife	Shkud, Eishishok	30	Eishishok
Daughter	Kohen		Moshe	Lily		Eishishok	2	Eishishok
Son	Kohen		Moshe	Lily		Eishishok	A few months	Eishishok
***
Husband	Kohen	Shmariahu			Grocery store	Shkud	45	Shkud, July 1941
Wife	Kohen	Sarah			Housewife	Suad,[1] Shkud	42	Alka Hill
Daughter	Kohen	Leah	Shmariahu	Sarah	Student	Shkud	18	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Alter	Shmariahu	Sarah	Student	Shkud	16	Shkud
Son	Kohen		Shmariahu	Sarah	Student	Shkud	14	Alka Hill
***
p. 56
Husband	Kohen	Mordechai			Haberdashery store	Shkud	1893	Shkud, July 1941
Wife	Kohen	Tsila			Housewife	Plungian, Shkud	45	Alka Hill, 15-16 Aug. 1941
Son	Kohen	Zalman	Mordechai	Tsila	Student	Shkud	14	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen		Mordechai	Tsila	Student	Shkud	11	Alka Hill
***
Mother and grandmother	Kohen	Feiga			Housewife	Shkud	70	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Leib		Feiga	Farmer	Shkud	48	Shkud
Wife	Kohen				Housewife	Shkud	36	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen		Leib		Student	Shkud	7	Alka Hill
Daughter	Kohen		Leib			Shkud	5	Alka Hill
Single man	Kohen	Son of Feiga		Feiga	“Shy”	Shkud	50	Shkud
***
Husband	Kohen	Yitzak		Tsipora	Shoe factory and store	Shkud	50	Shkud, July 1941
Wife	Kohen/London	Rachel	Yitzak	Mara Leah	Shoe store and housewife	Shkud	35	Alka Hill, 15-16 August 1941
Daughter	Kohen	Masha	Yitzak	Orphan- her mother died	Studied a profession	Shkud, Libau	20	Libau, Latvia
Son	Kohen	Michal	Yitzak	Rachel	Student	Shkud	6	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Moshe	Yitzak	Rachel		Shkud	3	Alka Hill
***
Husband	Kohen	Aharon	Brother of Yitzak Kohen	Tsipora	Partner in the shoe factory	Shkud	45	Shkud
Wife	Kohen/Baskind	Mina	Moshe	Sarah	Housewife	Shkud	30	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen		Aharon	Mina		Shkud	2	Alka Hill
***
p. 57
Sisters	Kohen	Beila	Dova		“strange, neglected, lonely”	Shkud	55	Alka Hill
Sisters	Kohen	Pera	Dova		“strange, neglected, lonely”	Shkud	53	Alka Hill
***
Husband	Kohen	Ruven		Feiga	Salesperson	Shkud	50	Shkud, July 1941
Wife	Kohen				Housewife	Shkud	45	Alka Hill, August 1941
Daughter	Kohen	Masha	Ruven		Studied a profession	Shkud	20	Alka Hill
Daughter	Kohen	Ita	Ruven		Student in gymnasium	Shkud	18	Alka Hill
Another 7 children, boys and girls	Kohen	Altogether, 9 children			Younger students	Shkud		Alka Hill
***
	Kohen	Tuvia	And his family			Shkud		Shkud
***
Husband	Kohen	Yakov				Shkud		Shkud
Wife	Kohen/Glazed[2]	Chana Pesya				Shkud		Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Moshe	Yakov	Chana Pesya		Shkud	1930	Alka Hill
Daughter	Kohen	Tsvia	Yakov	Chana Pesya		Shkud	1932	Alka Hill
Daughter	Kohen	Leah	Yakov	Chana Pesya		Shkud	1934	Alka Hill
	Kohen	Chaim Yehuda	And his family			Shkud		Shkud
***
Husband	Kohen	Shloime			Big general store	Shkud	40	Shkud, July 1941
Wife	Kohen/Perl	Rosa	Ben-Tsion		Housewife	Shkud	35	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Yitzak	Shloime	Rosa	Student	Shkud	16	Shkud
Son	Kohen	Sholem	Shloime	Rosa	Student	Shkud	12	Alka Hill
***
p. 58
Husband	Kohen	David			Partner with his brother in the big general store	Shkud	42	Shkud
Wife	Kohen	Leah			Housewife	Shkud	40	Alka Hill
Daughter	Kohen	Miriam	David	Leah	Student	Shkud	16	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Yosef	David	Leah	Student	Shkud	12	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Shaya	David	Leah	Student	Shkud	10	Alka Hill
Son	Kohen	Mayer	David	Leah	Student	Shkud	1932	Alka Hill
***
p. 59
Granddaughter	Levinson	Heni; she was visiting her grandmother Tsipora	Yosef	Mara-Leah (Miriam Leah)	Student	Sauliai, Shkud	11	Alka Hill
Widow	Kohen/Kats	Tsipora, wife of Chaim Kalman Kohen, z”l			Housewife	Shkud	1870	Alka Hill, August 1941
***

According to Hana Shaf-Brener, there were eighteen Kohen families in Shkud.

1) Chasya Kohen, 60, was a widow. Chasya had a married son, Moshe, 32, and an unmarried son, Yosef, 27.

2) Reizl, 29, daughter of Chasya, was married to Mayer, 31, a merchant, the son of Shmuel and Shloma. The couple had children.

3) Shmuel Kohen, 64, a merchant, was married to Shloma, 59. The couple had a son, Hirsh, 26, and other children. Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database records the 1927 marriage of Zalman Kagan, born in 1904 to Shmuel and Shlome (nee Bad) to Beile Miler, born 1904 to Shmuel and Mikhle of Kelme.

4) Moshe Kohen, 32, was a teacher and the principal of the Shkud pro-gymnasium. Moshe was married to Lily (nee Segal), 30, nicknamed “Beauty.” The couple had a two-year-old daughter and an infant son. Moshe and his family moved to Eishishok in 1939.

According to Kehilat Shkud, Moshe Heschel Kohen was a teacher in the “Yavne” folk-school and the Hebrew pro-Gymnasium (29, 56), as well as being a leader of the youth group Social Zionistic World Association (22, 54). Leon Bernstein’s memoir “My Little Town Shkud” provides a more intimate picture of Moshe Kohen: “At the head of the Zionist workers’ wing stood the well-known Hebrew teacher Moshe Kohen, who was also a “stranger” [that is, someone not born in Shkud]…. Kohen, however, was much beloved among the youth. He was a great orator, and more than once people tried to break up meetings while Kohen was speaking. Even now I can see him before me on the stage of the folk-school: his long black hair dishevelled, a flame in his yearning eyes. In that way he would thunder in the name of workers’ rights and progress. He also could not withstand temptation and married the most beautiful Jewish woman in the shtetl.”

Yad Vashem provides the following information on Moshe Kohen and his family:

Moshe Kagan was born in Lithuania in 1909 to Aba and Dvora. He was a school principal and married Lilo nee Segal. Prior to WWII he lived in Ishishok, Poland. During the war he was in Ishishok, Poland.

Moshe was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his sister, a Shoah survivor [Dvora Meltzer]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=993996&language=en

Mose Kahan was born in Kowna, Lithuania in 1912 to Aba and Rivka. He was a teacher and married Lea nee Segal. Prior to WWII he lived in Kowna, Lithuania. During the war he was in Kowna, Lithuania.

Mose was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his sister [Dvora Meltzer]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=360225&language=en

Lili Kahan nee Segal was born in Skud, Lithuania in 1918. She was married Moshe. Prior to WWII she lived in Skud, Lithuania. During the war she was in Wilna, Poland. Lili was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her sister-in-law [Dvora Meltzer]. [http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=949842&language=en

Lili Kegen nee Sagel was born in 1913. She was married Moshe. Prior to WWII she lived in Eishishok, Poland. During the war she was in Eishishok, Poland.

Lili was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her sister-in-law, a Shoah survivor [Dvora Meltzer]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=5634216&language=en

5) Shmariahu Kohen, 45, ran a grocery store. He was married to Sarah, 42. Their children were Leah, 18; Alter, 16; and a 14-year-old son.

6) Mordechai Kohen, born in 1893, had a haberdashery shop. He was married to Tsila, 45, and their children were Zalman, 14, and another son, 11. According to “Jews in the Memory of Skuodas People” (see link on this page), Markus Kan was in grain trading; his business was on Mosedzio str. no. 12 (18). It is, of course, possible that Mordechai and Markus were not the same individual.

Yad Vashem provides the following information on Mordechai Kohen and his family:

Mordekhai Kagan was born in Shkod, Lithuania in 1893 to Tzipora. He was a merchant and married Dila [the Yiddish reads ‘Tsila’]. Prior to WWII he lived in Shkod, Lithuania. Mordekhai was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his nephew [David Levinson], a Shoah survivor. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1150338&language=en

Tzila Kagan was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1896. She was a housewife and married Mordekhai. During the war she was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Tzila was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her nephew, a Shoah survivor. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1147715&language=en

Mr. Kagan was born in Shkod, Lithuania to Mordekhai and Tzila. Prior to WWII he lived in Shkod, Lithuania. He was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1143518&language=en

Mr. Kagan was born in Skuodas, Lithuania to Mordekhai and Dila. He was a pupil. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. He was murdered in the Shoah.  This information is based on a Page of Testimony. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1137818&language=en

Mrs. Kagan was born in Shkod, Lithuania to Mordekhai and Dila. She was a pupil. During the war she was in Shkod, Lithuania. She was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1150337&language=en

7) Feiga Kohen, 70, presumably a widow, had a son, Leib, 48, a farmer. Leib’s wife was 48; the couple had a seven-year-old son and a five-year-old daughter.

Kehilat Shkud mentions several farmers in Shkud: “About five farmers cultivated their own lands in Shkud, produced enough for private consumption and sold the surplus to the shtetl dwellers. Owners of large plots were: Neta Zelikovitz z”l, Bere Kaganzon and Joseph Mirkis – in the old town, and the brothers Mendel and Nachum Chatzkels, Hirsch Cohen and David Shafkind – in the New Town” (14). Perhaps Hirsch was Leib’s father or uncle? Girsh Kagan, son of Yankel, a farmer, is recorded in Jewish Gen’s Tax and Voters lists database in 1904.

8) Feiga Kohen had another son, 50, nicknamed “Shy,” who was unmarried.

9) Yitzak Kohen, 50, son of Tsipora, operated a shoe factory and store. Yitzak was married to Rokhl (nee London), 35, daughter of Mara Leah; Rokhl worked in the shoe store. The couple’s children were Michal, 6; and Moshe, 3. A daughter, Masha, 20, was the child of Yitzak by a previous marriage; Masha’s mother died.

Yitzak Kohen was an important shoe producer in Shkud, and Kehilat Shkud mentions both him and his business: “Shoe producers were Yitzhak Cohen, Michael Mines, Hirsch Gilder, Shlomo Peres, Yehuda Berman and Bernstein – in the New Town; All together, the factories and craftsmen in the trade produced around 400 pairs of shoes a day. Especially productive was Yitzhak Cohen’s factory, “Continental”, which produced around 100 pairs a day” (13; see also 52). “Jews in the Memory of Skuodas People” (see link this page) also recalls Yitzak Kohen’s factory and store. “The largest factory was Itzik Kan’s shoe factory “Kontinent” on Vilniaus Street (then Ylakiu), in the place where the municipality building now stands. This factory employed around 150 workers. The shoe factory also had a shop in Gediminas Square. The shoes produced were of very high quality and were even exported abroad” (25; see also 1). The address of “Kontinent” was Vilnius street 33 (20). Finally, Leon Bernstein’s memoir “My Little Town Shkud” notes, “Among the six [shoe factories in Shkud], the factory of Itze Kohen, for which he bought the most modern machinery, especially flourished.”

Yad Vashem provides the following information on Yitzak Kohen and his family:

Masza Kahn was born in Skud, Lithuania in 1922 to Yitzkhak and  Lea. She was a pupil and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Skud, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skud, Lithuania. Masza was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her aunt. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=879052&language=en

10) Aharon Kohen, 45, was Yitzak Kohen’s brother. Aharon was a partner in the shoe factory and was married to Mina (nee Baskind), 30, daughter of Moshe and Sarah. They had a two-year-old son.

11) Beila Kohen, 55, and Pera Kohen, 53, were sisters, daughters of Dova. They were apparently single, and nicknamed (or described as) “strange, neglected, lonely.”

12) Ruven Kohen, 50, the son of Feiga, was a salesperson. His wife was 45. They had nine children, including Masha, 20, who was studying for a profession; and Ita, 18, a gymnasium student.

13) Tuvia Kohen lived in Shkud with his family.

14) Yakov Kohen was married to Chana Pesya Glazed [Glazer?]. Their children were Moshe (1930), Tsvia (1932), and Leah (1934).

15) Chaim Yehuda Kohen lived in Shkud with his family.

16) Shloime Kohen, 40, ran a big general store. He was married to Rosa (nee Perl), 35, daughter of Ben-Tsion. Their children were Yitzak, 16; and Sholem, 12. “Jews in the Memory of Skuodas People” (see link this page) mentions Shloime Kohen’s shop (p. 1) and its business directory lists him under the heading Colonial Trading (tea, coffee, sugar, cotton, and other “colonial” products). His shop was on Laisves str. 43 (19).

17) David Kohen, 42, Shloime’s brother, was a partner in the general store. He was married to Leah, 40. David and Leah’s children were Miriam, 16; Yosef, 12; Shaya, 10; and Mayer, born 1932.

18) Tsipora Kohen (nee Kats), born 1870, was the widow of Chaim Kalman. When the Nazis occupied Shkud, Tsipora was being visited by her 11-year-old granddaughter, Heni Levinson, daughter of Yosef and Mara (Miriam) Leah, who lived in Sauliai.

Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database records the 1922 marriage of Israel Kagan, born in 1893 to Kalmen and Tsipe of Skuodas. In 1915, Chaim Kalman’s son, Sroel Tevel, is recorded with the notation “Telsiai District Draft Age certificate” in Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Tax and Voters Lists database. Tevel Sroel Chaim Kagan, son of Kalman, appears in the same database in 1906, where his birthdate is given as August 10, 1893.

Yad Vashem provides the following information on Tsipora Kohen and her family:

Tzipora Kagan nee Katz was born in Shkod, Lithuania in 1870. She was married Khaim. Prior to WWII she lived in Shkod, Lithuania. During the war she was in Shkod, Lithuania. Tzipora was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her grandson [David Levinson], a Shoah survivor. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1154743&language=en

Heni Levinson was born in Siauliai, Lithuania in 1929 to Yosef and Lea. 

Heni was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her brother [David Levinson], a Shoah survivor. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1150341&language=en

Jewish Gen’s Yizkor Book Necrology Database lists Ahron Kohen, Chaim Kalman Kohen, Chaim Yehuda Kohen, David Kohen, Feiga Kohen, Israel Kohen, Leib Kohen, Meir Kohen, Mordechai Kohen, Moshe Heschel Kohn, Reuven Kohen, Shlomo Kohen, Shmaryahu Kohen, Shmuel Kohen, Tuvia Kohen, Yacov Kohen, and Yitzhak Kohen. Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Directories database indicates that David Kagan of Shkud survived the Holocaust and was “found in Germany.”

Some of the young members of the Kohen families were members of Shkud’s youth organizations:

“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)

KKL activists in Shkud after the parade on the 25^th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Herzl z”l: Bottom row, right to left: Shmuel Axelrod, Pesach Bob (now in South Africa), Eliezer Eisen.
Second row: Feivel Neiman, Yentel Savel-Vrotnitzki, Tzvi Yoselevitz, David Davidov, Rachel Savel-Elkes, Yitzhak Cohen.
Third row: Meir Hovsha, Ester Terushkin Rosen (now in Israel), Chaim Natanson (now in Israel), Yeshayahu Yudelman (now in South Africa), Chaya Sheindling Mevezis (now in Israel), Alexander Pinta (now in Israel), Mina Cohen, Gershon Faktor (now in Israel), Mordechai Shlez, Itta Yankelovitz, Meir Taitz (now in Israel), Israel Tenor

The “Maccabi” board, Shkud; 20.8.1928 – For the departure of member M. Urdang: Bottom row (right to left): Yosef Fisher, Tzvi Tzimbler, Leib Elishuv (now in France).
Second row: Abraham Natanson, Shlomo London, David Rodner (now in Israel), Moshe Urdang (now in the USA), Harry Yudelman, Kalman Cohen (now in the USA).
Third row: Alexander Pinta (now in Israel), Ephraim Tzisling (now in South Africa), Leib Cohen, Aharon Cohen, Alexander Mines (now in the USA)

The individuals below do not appear on Shaf-Brener’s list. Yad Vashem provides this information about them:

Mr. Kagan was born in Shkod, Lithuania in 1900 to Nakhum and Liba nee Natanzon. Prior to WWII he lived in Shkod, Lithuania. He was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony  submitted by his relative. [Sara Ziv] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=9816425&language=en

Sonia Kagan was born in Shkod, Lithuania to Nakhum and Liba nee Natanzon. Sonia was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her niece. [Sara Ziv] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=9816427&language=en

Israel Kahn was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1871. [He was married to Menukha, nee Olshvanger.] Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Israel was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony  submitted by his daughter [Khana Sher]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=622212&language=en

Motl Kohen was born in Shkud, Lithuania in 1903 to Isroel and Menukha. He was married Lesi. Prior to WWII he lived in Kovno, Lithuania. During the war he was in Kovno, Ghetto. Motl was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony  submitted by his sister. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=670230&language=en

See also Shtetl Shkud’s Kagan family page.