Family Tree
Paternal
grandfather
Paternal
grandmother
Maternal
grandfather
Maternal
grandmother
Fayvel Glezer
1850s-ca.
1914
? Glezer
(nee ?)
1860s-1936
Khona Rapeik
1860s-1910s
? Rapeik
(nee ?)
1860s-1910s
Father
Mother
Isroel Glezer
1891-1976
Chaya Glezer
(nee Rapeik)
1896-1949
Siblings
Hanna Yashgur
(nee Glezeraite)
1920
Fayvel Glezer
1921-1941
Falk Glezer
1923-1941
Spouse
Interviewee
Feiga Tregerene
(nee Glezeraite)
1927
David Treger
1920-1992
Children
Simon Tregeras
1947
Chaya Rozenburgene
(nee Tregeraite)
1956
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The interviewee and his family
Full name
Feiga Tregerene (nee Glezeraite)
Where and when were you born?
Birzai, 17th February 1927
Where else did you live?
Slobodskoy, Kirov region (today Russia), Glazov (today Russia), Zarasai, Kaunas
Your educational level?
Four grades of Jewish school and a year at Lithuanian lyceum
What sort of work do/did you do?
Secretary/typist, accountant
How religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised?
My parents weren’t extremely religious, they observed Jewish traditions,
celebrated holidays, covered their heads, when going to the synagogue, observed
the kashrut.
What is your mother tongue?
Yiddish
What other languages do you speak?
Russian, Lithuanian
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Where were you during the Holocaust?
Evacuation: Slobodskoy, Kirov region, Glazov (today Russia)
What did you do after the Holocaust?
Returned to Lithuania, lived in Zarasai, got married, worked and raised two
children
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Siblings
Their names
Hanna Yashgur (nee Glezeraite)
Fayvel Glezer
Falk Glezer
Where and when were they born?
They were all born in Birzai
Hanna:1920
Fayvel:1921
Falk:1923
What is their mother tongue?
All of them: Yiddish
Their educational level?
Hanna: Jewish school
Fayvel: Jewish school
Falk: Jewish secondary school
Their occupations?
Hanna: manager, passport office
Fayvel and Falk: workers
Where do/did they live?
Hanna: Kaunas
Falk: Kaunas
Where else did they live?
Hanna: Slobodskoy, Kirov region, Glazov, Moscow (today Russia), Zarasai
Do they have children?
Hanna: son Rimas Andrushis, born in 1945
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Where and when did they die?
Fayvel and Falk: June 1941, Latvia
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Spouse
Name?
David Treger
Where and when was he/she born?
Zarasai, 1920
Where else did he/she live?
Kaunas
Is he/she Jewish?
Yes
What is his/her mother tongue?
Yiddish
His/her educational level?
Jewish gymnasium
Occupation?
Director of the district consumers’ association
Where and when did he/she die?
Kaunas, 1992
Tell me anything you know about his/her siblings (Name, date of birth and death,
occupation, place of residence, name of wife and children, whether their family is
Jewish and whether it is religious).
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Brother Fayvel Treger, Zarasai, 1917, died in the 1980s, Kaunas
Sister Pesia, Zarasai, 1919, killed on 26th August 1941 in Zarasai
Brother Leibl, Zarasai, 1922, killed on 26th August 1941 in Zarasai
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Children
Their names?
Simon Tregeras
Chaya Rozenburgene (nee Tregeraite)
Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews?
Both identify themselves as Jews, observe Jewish traditions, have Jewish
spouses, raised their children according to Jewish traditions.
Where and when were they born?
Both were born in Zarasai.
Simon: 1947
Chaya: 1956
Where else did they live?
Simon: Munich (today Germany)
Their educational level?
Simon: graduated from Siauliai Teachers’ Training College
Chaya: graduated from Faculty of Cybernetics, Kaunas Polytechnic College
Their occupations?
Simon: teacher, headmaster of school for children with special needs
Chaya: cybernetic engineer, accountant
How many grandchildren do you have?
Simon: daughter Taube, 1973, lives in Germany, has a son, his name is Georgiy;
daughter Liana, born in 1984, Germany
Chaya: son Elan, 1977, lives in Israel, has a daughter, whose name is Michalia
doctor; and daughter Elena, 1983, finished a medical college
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Father
His name?
Isroel Glezer
Where and when was he born?
Birzai, 1891
Where else did he live?
Slobodskoy, Glazov (today Russia), Zarasai, Kaunas
Where and when did he die?
Kaunas, 1976
What sort of education did he have?
Cheder
What sort of work did he do?
Painter
How religious was he?
My father was moderately religious. He observed traditions, wore a kippah to the
synagogue on Saturday and on holidays, observed the fasts, followed the kashrut
and celebrated Sabbath and Jewish holidays.
What was his mother tongue?
Yiddish
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Army service: which army and what years?
Tsarist army, 1914-1915
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death,
occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)
name
place and
occupation
biographical
biographical
describe how
date of
data and
data of
religious they
birth/death
origins of
children
were
No information
No information
spouse
? ? (nee
Birzai, 1880s- No
No
Glezer)
USA, ?
information
Chaim Berl
Birzai, 1880s- Craftsman
? Glezer
Daughters
Moderately
Glezer
Kaunas,
(nee ?),
Chaya Sora,
religious
1950s
Jewish,
Zipa, Feiga,
1880s-
Paya, and son
1950s
Leibl live in
information
Israel
Perez, 1920s1941
Chaim, 1920s1941
Meishe Glezer Birzai, 1900s- No
1941
information
? Glezer
Fayvel, 1920s,
Moderately
(nee ?),
Israel
religious
Jewish, ?,
Chaya, 1920s,
1900s-
Israel
Birzai, 1941
Riva Stupene
Birzai, 1910-
(nee Glezer)
1950s
Party officer
Kodulu
Nadia, born in
Stupas,
1941, Israel
Lithuanian,
One more
1910s-?
daughter, lives
Atheist
in Israel
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Evacuation: Slobodskoye, Glazov (today Russia)
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If he survived, what did he do after?
Lived in Zarasai, Birzai and Kaunas, helped to raise his grandchildren
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Paternal grandfather
Your paternal grandfather’s name?
Fayvel Glezer
Where and when was he born?
Birzai, 1850s
Where and when did he die?
Birzai, ca. 1914
What sort of education did he have?
Cheder
What sort of work did he do?
No information
How religious was he?
My grandfather was a religious man, who prayed, went to the synagogue, wore a
kippah and celebrated Jewish holidays.
What was his mother tongue?
Yiddish
Army service: which army and what years?
N/A
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
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name
place and
occupation
biographical
biographical
describe how
date of
data and
data of
religious they
birth/death
origins of
children
were
spouse
No
information
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died before
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Paternal grandmother
Your paternal grandmother’s name?
? Glezer (nee ?)
Where and when was she born?
Birzai, 1860s
Where and when did she die?
Birzai, 1936
What sort of education did she have?
Jewish education at home
What sort of work did she do?
Housewife
How religious was she?
My grandmother was very religious, she wore a kerchief, prayed, observed
traditions and celebrated Jewish holidays.
What was her mother tongue?
Yiddish
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
name
place and
occupation
biographical
biographical
describe how
date of
data and
data of
religious they
birth/death
origins of
children
were
spouse
No information
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Where was she during the Holocaust?
Died before
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Mother
Her name?
Chaya Glezer (nee Rapeik)
Where and when was she born?
Birzai, 1896
Where else did she live?
Latvia, Slobodskoye, Glazov (today Russia), Zarasai
Where and when did she die?
Birzai, 1949
What sort of education did she have?
Jewish elementary school
What sort of work did she do?
Dressmaker, housewife
How religious was she?
My mother was moderately religious, she wore a kerchief when going to the
synagogue, observed traditions, followed the kashrut and celebrated Jewish
holidays.
What was her mother tongue?
Yiddish
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Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
name
Feiga Rapeik
place and
occupation
biographical
biographical
describe how
date of
data and
data of
religious they
birth/death
origins of
children
were
Birzai, 1890s- N/A
spouse
N/A
N/A
N/A
1890s
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Evacuation: Slobodskoye, Glazov (today Russia)
If she survived, what did she do after?
Lived in Zarasai and Birzai with her daughters, helped raising her grandchildren
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Maternal grandfather
Your maternal grandfather’s name?
Khona Rapeik
Where and when was he born?
Birzai, 1860s
Where and when did he die?
Birzai, 1910s
What sort of education did he have?
Cheder
What sort of work did he do?
No information
How religious was he?
My grandfather was religious, but I don’t know any details.
What was his mother tongue?
Yiddish
Army service: which army and what years?
None
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
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name
place and
occupation
biographical
biographical
describe how
date of
data and
data of
religious they
birth/death
origins of
children
were
spouse
No
information
Where was he during the Holocaust?
Died before
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Maternal grandmother
Your maternal grandmother’s name?
? Rapeik (nee ?)
Where and when was she born?
Birzai, 1860s
Where and when did she die?
Birzai, 1910s
What sort of education did she have?
Jewish education at home
What sort of work did she do?
Housewife
How religious was she?
My grandmother was religious, but I don’t know any details.
What was her mother tongue?
Yiddish
Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
name
place and
date of
occupation
biographical
biographical
describe how
data and
data of
religious they
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birth/death
origins of
children
were
spouse
No
information
Where was she during the Holocaust?
Died before
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