Further family research had determined that Philip Leopold's original name was actually Lepar and that he was born in Kriukai, Lithuania, the son of Yehuda-Leib Lepar. This, in turn, could be confirmed by a search in the All-Lithuania ...
May 25, 1945: Town of Kriukai, District of Siauliai Led by Militiaman Sankauskas, a group of "destroyers" from the town of Kriukai defect and join the partisan cause. NPD-79. KA. May 25, 1945. The Prienai partisan troop is reorganised ...