Heavy wood antique jewish closet from the world warII, this closet
was owned by Jewish doctor from Seriju St. in downtown before the
German army entered the city of Alytus in Lithuania, a border city
with Poland and the gate city toward the capital of Vinius and the
rest of the Baltic states. The closet wood still in good shape of a
size LxWxH 5'x2'x6'9" and very heavy weight.
Alytus or Alite (as was called in Yiddish) is located in the
south-western part of Lithuania on the shores of the Neman
(Nemunas) river. The town was built on both sides of the river, and
a bridge linked both parts. In documents of the fourteenth century
Alite was already mentioned as a village. In ***1 Alite obtained
the rights of a town (Magdeburg rights). In ***5 the regional
courts from Troki (Trakai) and Meretch (Merkine) were transferred
to Alite, an event which contributed to its development and to the
increase of its population. The “Hansa” merchants who arranged
storehouses with salt on the shores of the river would also pass
through Alite.
