The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Special Investigations has asked the JCPA and other Jewish organizations to assist its attorneys in locating survivors who lived in Kupishok, Lithuania or surrounding Lithuanian towns, during July, August, or September of 1941. The testimony of these survivors is needed in connection with a pending criminal case against an alleged war criminal.

We would appreciate you publicizing this information request in your communities, in whatever manner you deem appropriate.

Holocaust survivors from the Kupishok area willing to speak to government attorneys should contact Stephen Paskey or Susan Adams at the Office of Special Investigations, (202) 616-2501. These calls may be placed collect if necessary. Until September 1, 1999, written correspondence can be sent to the Criminal Division of the OSI at 1001 G Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, D.C. 20530. After September 1, please write to the OSI at 1301 New York Ave., Washington, D.C. 20530. The phone number will remain the same.

Thank you for your cooperation. Please feel free to contact Kalanit Oded with any additional questions.