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Simcha Freida Turetz

Murdered in the Holocaust

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Alternate names

Simcha Kaplan

Biography

Simcha Freida Turetz, née Kaplan, was born about 1888 in Kaunas, a daughter of Yankel Kaplan. She married Yakov Turetz and raised their twelve children in Kaunas. In 1941, in the first months of the German occupation, she was murdered near Ukmergė (Vilkomir) together with several of her children.

Occupations1

  • Housewife

Life events6

  1. Birth

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Birth of Simcha Freida Turetz

  2. Marriage

    with Yakov Turetz

  3. Birth of Daughter

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Chaja-Gitel Turetz

  4. Birth of Daughter

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Pere-Dina Turetz

  5. Birth of Son

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Iser Turetz

  6. Birth of Son

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Itzik Turetz

    The date of birth is based on the internal passport from 8th May 1937. The birth certificate was issued in 1965 without any official proof.

  7. Passport Application

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Questionnaire of Šymena (Kaplanaitė) Turečienė, born 1888, a resident of Kaunas, Lithuania, compiled 1920

  8. Birth of Daughter

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Sara Ite Turetz

  9. Residence

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Residence of Yakov Turetz and Simcha Freida Turetz - 55, Mokyklos, Kaunas, Lithuania

  10. Birth of Daughter

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Hese Turetz

  11. Birth of Daughter

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Rochl Turetz

  12. Birth of Son

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Kalman Turetz

  13. Birth of Son

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Khatskel Turetz

  14. Death

    Ukmergė, Lithuania

    Murdered (Holocaust)

  15. Residence

    Kaunas, Lithuania

    Residence of Yakov Turetz and Simcha Freida Turetz - 24, Darbininkų g., Kaunas, Lithuania

Places3

Family

Spouses & Children

Yakov Turetz♂I0030MARRIED

Wedding:

30th Anniversary · Pearl · 1937

Media1

  • Šymena-(Kaplanaitė)-Turečienė