1936 Reunion in Kovno


In 1936, two sons of Jacob Leb Solski returned to Jonava, Lithuania to visit with their brothers. Wolfe Sulski came from South Africa and Joe Saul came from the USA. Zusel and Abbe were living in a complex at 16 Nemuno g-ve in Kaunas that included apartments for the extended family arranged around a large courtyard.

Judith Saul Stix wrote in The Wise Child's Book:
"In the spring of 1936, J. Saul and his brother Wolf met in New York and sailed on the Acquitania for Europe, planning three months of travel on the Continent and a family reunion with their brothers in Kovna.

A newspaper account of that time, preserved by Sophia Saul Weiss, is [the] principal source of information about Wolf. He told the newspaper that he was on his yearly visit to Atlanta, accopmpanied by his wife Pauline. Wolf said that he left Russia at the age of fifteen and that he had been in South Africa for 47 years. . . . He sold ladies' wear and had lived in Johannesburg for almost 40 years. The brothers who had gone abroad and the brothers who had remained in Lithuania had been apart for 'nearly fifty years,'"

Reunion in Kovna

This picture was taken at that reunion.


Seated at the bottom, from left to right: Marsha (daughter of Peretz & Dena), Leibel (son of Joe & Gitel), Rella (daughter of Chazkl), Rella Etta (daughter of Joe & Gitel), Rella (daughter of Zusel & Dena), Kira (son of Solomon & Manya)
Seated on chairs: Dena Solski (daughter of Mordechai, married her first cousin, Peritz), Wolfe (from South Africa), Joe Saul (from USA), Zusel, Abbe, Ruda Ehtel (Abbe’s second wife), Manya (Solomon’s wife)
Standing: Peretz, Chazkl, Chaya (Chazkl’s wife), Joe, Gitel (Joe’s wife), Dena, Zusel, Rifka (Abbe’s daughter), Alter Browde (Rifka’s husband)
Standing in the back: Mina (Peretz’ daughter), Charles, Leib, Braina, Mina, Solomon

Click here for an interactive copy of this picture with short biographies for each person.