Two men who came from the same town of Neishtot-Tavrig in Lithuania
Sammy Marks square in Pretoria is one of the best known landmarks in South Africa’s capital city, but how many people actually know who Sammy Marks was?
The interesting history of Sammy Marks on Simcha TV (South Africa SABC) with Prof Richard Mendelsohn (ret) UCT History Dept.
Simcha TV
KehilaLink
This town in Lithuania has over time been known as eleven different names!
Heiny Ellert
Another son of this town is Heiny Ellert, who lives in Perth Australia
Heiny’s story is also on the above KehilaLink
Heiny Ellert’s Testimony
Heiny Ellert’s Testimony
Heiny Ellert, a Lithuanian Holocaust survivor, tells his story to Eli Rabinowitz. Accompanying him is his wife Toby, also from Lithuania, but who escaped to …
Source: youtu.be/118HN2_NYHs
His photebook is also on the KehilaLink:
Photo book
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Naumiestis/Home_files/Hanoch%20%28Heiny%29%20Ellert%20PDF%20ZB.pdf