rescuers of jews
Gruodytė-Petkevičienė Elena
The Gruodis family, living in Anyksciai district, Trakiniai villiage, sheltered the 7 months old Jewish girl Beile Bensman. They raised the girl like their daughter. Her total family was killed cruelly
The daughters Ona Gruodyte and her sister Elena took care about the little girl most of all because their parents worked hard in the farm. Beile Bensman survived, despite the neighbors knew that the Gruodis family raised a Jewish child. Later Beilė Bensman lived in Zarasai and was in close touch with the members of Gruodis family.
The daughters Ona Gruodyte and her sister Elena took care about the little girl most of all because their parents worked hard in the farm. Beile Bensman survived, despite the neighbors knew that the Gruodis family raised a Jewish child. Later Beilė Bensman lived in Zarasai and was in close touch with the members of Gruodis family.