Kaunas (Lithuania), 1940

A picture taken of my father (second from the left), his parents, Riva Orelowitz Rachowitz & Hirsch-Meir Rachowitz and his younger brother Nathan. The Rachowitz family's new home of the 1930s was located at Mishko Street (Miško gatvė), not far from the building of the Polish gymnasium (A. Mickevičiaus privati lenkų gimnazija).

Kaunas region in the 1930s

A picture taken in Lampėdžiai or Panemuniai. My Dad, Aaron Rachowitz, is the second from the left. His brother/my uncle Nathan Rachowitz is next to him.

Kaunas (Lithuania), Laisvės Alėja, in the 1930s

A picture of my grandfather, Hirsch-Meir Rachowitz, with my uncle, Nathan Rachowitz, strolling along the main street -- Laisvės Alėja (literary Liberty Avenue) -- in Kaunas, with St. Michael the Archangel's Church or the Garrison Church (Lithuanian: Kauno Šv. arkangelo Mykolo Įgulos bažnyčia/dar žinoma kaip Kauno soboras) in the background. By the way, my grandfather is holding a fashionable walking stick in his right hand (walking sticks were a part of fashion; carrying the finest walking stick was a must for gentlemen). Also, my grandfather used to carry a gold pocket watch -- the Tavannes watch -- with hunter case and watch chain (please see images below)

Description: My grandfather's Tavannes gold pocket watch

Lithuania, Sept 1932

A picture taken of my father (on the left), his parents, Riva Orelowitz Rachowitz & Hirsch-Meir Rachowitz, his younger brother, Nathan, and his uncle Berl Orelowitz (later killed by the Nazis during World War II)