The town Kybartai in Lithuania is situated about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south-west from Kovno (Kaunas) beside the St. Petersburg-Berlin railway where it crosses the pre-World War II border with East Prussia that was a part of Germany. (Kibart is the Yiddish name, whereas the Lithuanian name is Kybartai and is the name found on maps and most literature. Kibart is the name used by the Jewish people.) |