Reif

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 Reif Brocha Housewife Shkud 65 Alka Hill
Single daughter Reif Leah Akiva Leizer Brocha Shkud, Sauliai 23 Sauliai ghetto, Stutthof
Son Reif Tuvia Akiva Leizer Brocha Single Shkud 25 Shkud, July 1941
Son Reif Yitzak Akiva Leizer Brocha Single Shkud, Sauliai 1912 Sauliai ghetto
Daughter Reif Eta Akiva Leizer Brocha Unmarried Shkud, Sauliai 21 Sauliai ghetto, Stutthof
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Son Reif Leib Akiva Leizer Brocha Shkud 27 Shkud
Wife Reif/Vainer Rivka Shkud Alka Hill
Daughter Reif Mina Leib Rivka Shkud 1931 Alka Hill
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Widow Reif Rachel Riva Housewife Shkud, Sauliai 74 Sauliai ghetto
Son Reif Avraham Yitzak Rachel Riva Shkud 50 Shkud, July 1941
Wife Reif/Karnazon Freida Mira Housewife Shkud 40 Alka Hill
Daughter Reif Tsvia Avraham Freida Student Sauliai 1935 Sauliai ghetto
Daughter Reif Rivka Abraham Freida Student Shkud 1935 Alka Hill
Granddaughter of Rachel Riva Reif Ita Eliahu Tzvia Sauliai 2 Sauliai ghetto children’s aktions, 19
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According to Hana Shaf-Brener, there were four Reif families in Shkud.

1) Brocha, 65, widow of Akiva Leizer, had four unmarried children: Leah, 23; Tuvia, 25; Yitzak, about 29; and Eta, 21. “Jews in the Memory of Skuodas People” (see link on this page) mentions that Kive Reif had a shop on the corner of Laisves and D. Poskos Streets (25). Is this the same individual as Akiva Leizer?

2) Leib Reif, 27, son of Akiva Leizer and Brocha, was married to Rivka (nee Vainer). The couple had a daughter, Mina, 10. Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database records the 1928 marriage of Leib Reif, son of Noakh and Rive Dveire of Salantai, 22, to Rebeke Vainer, daughter of Perets and Taube, 22, in 1928. [Either Shaf-Brener or the database seems to be in error here; could there be two Leib Reifs who married Rivka/Rebeka Vainers??]

3) Rachel Riva, 74, widow of Yitzak. Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Tax and Voters Lists database lists Itsik Reif, son of Abram, and his brother Kavel Reif. Both were poor shoemakers in 1904. Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Deaths database indicates the Itsik Reif, age 63, son of Abram and Kreine, died in Shkud in 1927.

Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Internal Passports database indicates that Khaya Reif, a tailor, daughter of Itsik, born in Skuodas in 1908, applied for a foreign passport in 1931. The Lithuania Marriages database indicates the 1936 marriage of Khaya Reif, born in 1908 to Itsik and Rokhl Riva (nee Balan) of Shkud, to Shmuel Meyer Kanzon, born in 1904 to Ber and Feige Male. For more information on Chaya Reif, see here.

4) Avraham, 50, son of Yitzak and Rachel Riva, was married to Freida Mira (nee Karnazon), 40. Their children were Tsvia, about 6; Rivka, about 6; and Ita, 2.

There is a discrepancy here: Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database records the 1933 marriage of Abram Nochum Reif, born in 1898 to Itsik and Mere (nee Bod), to Freide Mere Kaganzan, born in 1908 to Ber Vulf and Malke (nee Pelts).

Avraham’s brother, Eliahu Reif, survived the war. He provided Yad Vashem with a Page of Testimony indicating that Avraham’s mother was Mere, not Rachel Riva (see below). For more information on Eliahu Reif, see here.

Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database also records the 1939 marriage of Braine Rive Reif, born in 1911 to Akivel Leizer and Rokhe (nee Griksta) of Skuodas, to Peisakh Kapel, born in 1904 to Motel and Sheine Kapel of Plunge.

Elija Reif and Ovi Reif survived the Holocaust; Jewish Gen’s Directories database indicates that they were “found in Germany” in 1946.

Jewish Gen’s Yizkor Book Necrology Database lists Abraham Raif and Bracha Raif of Skuodas.

Sarah Reif, who emigrated to Israel, was a member of the youth organization Ha’Noar:

18 HaNoar“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) (Photo Kehilat Shkud 18)

Eliahu Reif, who survived the Holocaust, was a member of the youth group Hashomer Hatzair:

20Hashomer“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)

Yad Vashem provides the following information about the Reif family of Shkud:

Bracha Reif. She was a housewife and married. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. 

Bracha was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her nephew. [Eliahu Reif] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=469168&language=en

Lea Reif was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1911 to Akiva and Brakha. She was a seamstress and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Schavli, Lithuania.

Lea was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her cousin. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=516818&language=en

Tewia Reif was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1906 to Akiva and Brakha. He was a merchant and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. 

Tewia was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his cousin. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=557001&language=en

Izchak Reif was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1913 to Akiva and Brakha. He was an uppers cutter/tailor and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania.

Izchak was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his cousin. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=718826&language=en

Kreina Lewin was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1905 to Akiva and Brakha. She was a housewife and married Nakhum. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. 

Kreina was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her cousin. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=469192&language=en

Braine Reif was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1910 to Akiva and Brakha. She was a housewife and married. Prior to WWII she lived in Plunge, Lithuania. Braine was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her cousin. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=470445&language=en

Abraham Reif was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1908 to Akiva and Brakha. He was a merchant and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. Abraham was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his cousin. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=471272&language=en

Abraham Reif was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1905 to Yitzkhak and Mira. He was a merchant and married Frida nee Kaganzon. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. 

Abraham was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his brother. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=469222&language=en

Freida Reif nee Kaganzon was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1909 to Dov and Malka. She was a housewife and married Avraham. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skuodas, Lithuania.

Freida was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her brother-in-law. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=470357&language=en

Tzvia Reif was born in 1935 to Abraham and Frida nee Kaganzon. Was a child. Prior to WWII lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. 

Tzvia was murdered in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8764443&language=en

Rivka Reif was born in 1938 to Abraham and Frida nee Kaganzon. She was a child. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. 

Rivka was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a Page of Testimony. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8764444&language=en

Leiba Reif was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1909 to Akiva and Malka. He was a tanner and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. 

Leiba was murdered in the Shoah. 
This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his cousin. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=516819&language=en

Sava Reif was born in 1917. Prior to WWII he lived in Skud, Lithuania. During the war he was in Dachau, Germany. This information is based on a List of persecuted persons found in Card file of Jewish inmates in Dachau camp. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=6486594&language=en

Abel Reiff was born in Skodas, Lithuania in 1893 to Isaak and Meri. He was married Caecilie. During the war he was in Oslo, Norway.

Abel was murdered in the Shoah. 

This information is based on a List of Jews murdered in Auschwitz found in Auschwitz Death Registers, The State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau page 10404/1943. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=5414212&language=en

Zwia Reif was born in 1915. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Dachau, Germany.

This information is based on a List of persecuted persons found in Card file of Jewish inmates in Dachau camp. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=6519519&language=en

Etel Kvint was born in Skuodas, Lithuania. She was a clerk and married Yaakov. Prior to WWII she lived in Schaulen, Lithuania. During the war she was in Schaulen, Lithuania.

Etel was murdered in the Shoah. 
This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her brother-in-law, a Shoah survivor. [ER] http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=760080&language=en