Rachkind

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 Rachkind Shrage (Faivl) Butcher Shkud 48 Shkud
Wife Rachkind Liba Housewife Darbenai, Shkud 45 Alka Hill
Daughter Rachkind Tsvia Faivl Liba Studied to become a pharmacist Shkud 21 Alka Hill
Son Rachkind Hirsh Faivl Liba Sewing shoes Shkud 18 Shkud
Daughter Rachkind Feiga Faivl Liba Student Shkud 1932 Alka Hill
Son Rachkind Gershon Faivl Liba Student Shkud 1933 Alka Hill
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According to Hana Shaf-Brener, Shrage Faivl Rachkind, a butcher, was married to Liba. They had two daughters and two sons. The older daughter, Tsvia, was studying to become a pharmacist. The older son, Hirsh, had a job sewing shoes. The younger children were Feiga and Gershon.

Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Tax and Voters List database indicates that the Rachkind family was established in Shkud in 1846. Girsh Rachkind, son of Shmerl, appears in that database as a butcher in 1914. The Lithuania Census 1897 database indicates that Girsh Rachkind, son of Shmerel, a butcher, and his wife Gite were living on Staroe Mestechko Square in Skuodas with their five children, among them Faive (Faivl?), age 5.

According to Kehilat Shkud, Hirsh Reichkind was one of the heads of the Burial Society (55), and also a treasurer: “Amongst the treasurers of the Burial Society were Aharon Bloch z”l, Leib Baskind hy”d, Yaakov Segal hy”d, Hersh Reichkind z”l, and Y. Yudelman z”l” (27).

In the document Jews in the Memory of Skuodas People (see link on this page), Faivel Rochkind is listed as a meat trader on Gedimino road 11 (19). In the same document, this brief memoir appears: “In the beginning of Laisves Street, a Jew, Rachkind, had a butchery where Jewish cattle, cows and heifers, were butchered; because if an animal was killed by someone who was not Jewish, they could not eat that meat, they considered it unclean. Chickens were also slaughtered there” (10) .

A number of Rachkinds from Skuodas appear in Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database. Zusel Rachkind, a butcher, the son of Isak and Taube, married Lese Klaf  in 1925. Sore (nee Rakhkind) was married to Saul [Sanel?] Glago; their daughter Braine married Elijas Michel Mines (my father’s cousin) in 1939. Sanel Sroel and Sore (nee Rakhkind) Glago’s daughter Freide Mere married Mausha Yankelovich in 1930, and another daughter, Minde, married Bentsel Yankelovich in 1937.

Yad Vashem contains the following information on the Rachkind family of Shkud:

Faive Rachkind was born in Shkud, Lithuania. He was married to Liba. Prior to WWII he lived in Lithuania. During the war he was in Shkud, Lithuania. Faive was murdered/perished in Shkud, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his brother-inlaw (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1759877&language=en).

Faivelis Reikhkind was born in Lithuania in 1900 to Tzvi. He was a manufacturer and married to Libe. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Faivelis was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his sister-in-law (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=909638&language=en).

Libe Rachkind nee Mozel was born in Ylakiai, Lithuania in 1902 to Betzalel and Golda. She was a housewife and married. Prior to WWII she lived in Skodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skodas, Lithuania. Libe was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her sister (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1632175&language=en).

Liba Rachkind nee Meizel was born in Ylakiai, Lithuania in 1899 to Becalel and Golda nee Zinger. She was a housewife and married to Faive. Prior to WWII she lived in Shkud, Lithuania. Liba was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her sister (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1809127&language=en).

Cvija Rachkind was born in Shkod, Lithuania in 1920 to Libe. She was a pharmacist and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Shkod, Lithuania. During the war she was in Shkod, Lithuania. Cvija was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her aunt (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=463631&language=en).

Tzvia Reikhkind was born to Faivelis and Libe. Was a child. Prior to WWII lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Tzvia was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8936097&language=en).

Tzvi Reikhkind was born in 1925 to Faivelis and Libe. Was a child. Prior to WWII lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Tzvi was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8936098&language=en).

Yekhezkel Rachkind was born in Shkud, Lithuania to Faive and Liba nee Meizel. Prior to WWII he lived in Lithuania. During the war he was in Shkud, Lithuania. Yekhezkel was murdered/perished in Shkud, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his uncle (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1770516&language=en).

Yekhezkel Reikhkind was born in 1929 to Faivelis and Libe. He was a child. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Yekhezkel was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8936100&language=en).

Bina Reikhkind was born in 1927 to Faivelis and Libe. She was a child. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Bina was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8936099&language=en).

Gershon Reikhkind was born in 1931 to Faivelis and Libe. He was a child. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Gershon was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8936101&language=en).

Gerszon Richkind was born in Skud, Lithuania in 1924 to Faivel and Liba. He was a pupil and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skud, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skud, Lithuania. Gerszon 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=662040&language=en