| 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 | Taits | Yehuda | Peddler in the towns | Shkud | 60 | Shkud | ||
| Wife | Taits | Chaya | Housewife | Kretinga, Shkud | 57 | Alka Hill | ||
| Son | Taits | Yosef | Yehuda | Chaya | Accountant | Shkud | 25 | Shkud |
| Bride | Wife of Yosef | Housewife | Shkud | 23 | Alka Hill | |||
| Son | Taits | Aharon | Yehuda | Chaya | Sewing shoes | Shkud | 21 | Fell on the Soviet front |
| Daughter | Taits | Masha | Yehuda | Chaya | Student | Shkud | 18 | Alka Hill |
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| Taits | Avraham | Moshe | Sarah-Dvora | Shkud, Darbenai | Darbenai Summer 1941 | |||
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| Widower | Taits | Gershon | Cobbler, shoemaker | Shkud | 50 | Shkud, July 1941 | ||
| Son | Taits | Aharon | Gershon | Rebeka Blinder | Sewing shoes | Shkud | 1930 | Shkud, July 1941 |
| Daughter | Taits | Gita | Gershon | Rebeka | Housewife | Shkud | 1918 | Alka Hill, August 1941 |
| Daughter | Taits | Pesya | Gershon | Rebeka | Student | Shkud | 1922 | Alka Hill |
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| Taits | Yehuda | And family | Shkud | Shkud | ||||
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| Taits | Avraham | And family | Shkud | Shkud | ||||
| *** |
According to Hana Shaf-Brener, several Taits families lived in Shkud.
Yehuda Taits, a peddler, was married to Chaya. The couple had a married son, Yosef, an accountant; another son, Aharon, a shoemaker; and a daughter, Masha.
Avraham Taits was the son of Moshe and Sarah-Dvora.
Gershon Taits, a shoemaker, widower of Rebeka (nee Blinder), had a son, Aharon, also a shoemaker, and a daughter, Pesya. (Rebeka’s death is recorded in Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Deaths database, where her surname is given as Brinder; she died in 1936, aged 37).
Another Yehuda Taits and and another Avraham Taits, together with their families, also lived in Shkud. Their relationship with the families above is unclear.
The young people of the Taits families were active in Shkud’s youth groups:
“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) ( Kehilat Shkud 20)
A possible mention of Masha Taits, daughter of Yehuda, appers in the article “No One is Forgotten,” by A. Straksys (Musu Zodis Nov 17,1966): “M. Taicaite [the suffix indicates an unmarried woman]… and many others, well known by the older generation of Skuodas, lay in this terrible grave [at Alka Hill, a mass murder site], shot or buried alive.”
Jewish Gen’s Lithuanian Necrology database lists four members of the Taits family: Abraham, Gershon, and Yehuda, who appears twice. Apparently, then, there were two Yehuda Taitses who were murdered in Shkud [and possibly two Avrahams? or are one or both of the doubled names in error?].
We can start to piece together the story as follows: Yehuda Taits was the uncle of Avraham Taits, probably the brother of Avraham’s father Moshe. Avraham Taits’s parents, Moshe and Sara Dveira, moved to Israel (Kehilat Shkud 27). (According to Jewish Gen’s Lithuania Marriages database, their son Meer Jankel married Sara Sheyndling in Shkud, 1934). Meir and his brother Shlomo (Kehilat Shkud 16, 20) emigrated also. Both sons filled out Yad Vashem Cards of Testimony for their family members as indicated below.
The second Yehuda Taits was married to Khava, and Yad Vashem also provides information on his family as follows:
Judelis Taicas was born in Darbenai, Lithuania in 1881 to Avraham and Zlata. He was a peddler and married to Yehudit nee Iudel. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Judelis was murdered/perished in 1941 in Skuodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his nephew [Meir Taits]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=807496&language=en
Jehudit Taiciene was born in Darbenai, Lithuania in 1881 to Yekhezkel and Gita. She was a housewife and married to Yehuda. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Jehudit was murdered/perished in 1941 in Skuodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her nephew [Meir Taits]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1624490&language=en
Josef Taicas was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1915 to Yehuda and Drazna. He was single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Kowno, Lithuania. Josef was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his acquaintance [Khaia Yakov]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1645994&language=en
Yosef Taicas was born in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Yosef was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his acquaintance. [Yana Idelson]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=2024154&language=en
Josef Taics was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1915 to Khana. He was a teacher and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Josef was murdered/perished in Skuodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his cousin [Yafa Viselberg]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1969117&language=en
Abramas Taicas was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1912 to Moshe and Sara. He was a teacher and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Drobin, Poland. Abramas was murdered/perished in Drobin, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his brother [Meir Taits]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=800927&language=en
Yekhiel [Avraham] Teitz was born in Shkod, Lithuania in 1911 to Moshe and Dvora. Prior to WWII he lived in Shkod, Lithuania. During the war he was in Drobian, Lithuania. Yekhiel was murdered/perished in 1941 in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his brother [Shlomo Taits]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=5251822&language=en
Yekhiel [Avraham] Teitz was born in Shkud, Lithuania in 1910 to Moshe and Dvora. He was a yeshiva student. Prior to WWII he lived in Lithuania. During the war he was in Ponevezh, Lithuania. Yekhiel was murdered/perished in Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his nephew [Nechama Patlis]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1203635&language=en
Judel Taics was born in Darbian, Lithuania in 1882 to Moshe. He was a merchant and married to Khava. Prior to WWII he lived in Skodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Judel was murdered/perished in Skodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his cousin. [Yafa Viselberg]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1624713&language=en
Ida Taics was born in Skodas, Lithuania in 1913 to Iuda and Khava. She was a seamstress and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Skodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skodas, Lithuania. Ida was murdered/perished in Skodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her cousin. [Yafa Viselberg]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1636427&language=en
Aron Taics was born in Skodas, Lithuania in 1922 to Iuda and Khana. He was a merchant and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skodas, Lithuania. During the war he was in Skodas, Lithuania. Aron was murdered/perished in Skodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by his cousin [Yafa Viselberg]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=2024149&language=en
Masha Taics was born in 1928 to Judel and Khava. She was a child. Prior to WWII she lived in Skodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Masha was murdered/perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony [Yafa Viselberg]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=8628900&language=en
Haja Taics was born in Kretingen, Lithuania in 1886. She was a housewife and married. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Haja was murdered/perished in Skuodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her cousin [Yafa Viselberg]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=1624493&language=en
Ita Teiz nee Titz was born in Skuodas, Lithuania in 1912. She was a seamstress and married to Leib. Prior to WWII she lived in Skuodas, Lithuania. During the war she was in Skuodas, Lithuania. Ita was murdered/perished in 1941 in Skuodas, Lithuania. This information is based on a Page of Testimony by her sister-in-law [Fruma Preis]. http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=807489&language=en