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It is estimated that the Krak\u0117s Jewish community started forming in the 18th\u00a0century. Between the Wars, the town\u2019s Jewish community was populous (around 600 people) and comprised almost a half of the whole population. In 1930, 156 Jewish families lived in Krak\u0117s. The community was active, especially in crafts and trade. In Krak\u0117s, Jews ran around 60 various shops and workshops, a synagogue, a school with around 80 students, a credit union, and a choir.<\/p>\n
After the German occupation in June 1941, a Jewish ghetto was established in central Krak\u0117s, to which Jews were driven from Krak\u0117s, Grinki\u0161kis, Dotnuva, Baisiogala, and other local villages. In total, 452 people would reside in the ghetto.<\/p>\n
On September 2, 1941, a mass murder was commited in the Pe\u0161tiniukai village near Krak\u0117s: 1125 Jews from Krak\u0117s and its surroundings were shot to death.<\/p>\n
The Stolpersteine in Krak\u0117s are dedicated to the famous members of the Jewish community who lived and worked here, including famous doctors B. Alperavi\u010dius and A. M. Volfovi\u010dius, and pharmacist A. Polunskis. They were prominent not only among local Jews, but also all around the town and its outskirts, as these medical professionals would be sought out by people from all over the county.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":15152,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-akmenys-miestas.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23581","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n