Jewish community began to grow in Ukmergė only at the end of the 18th century, but during the 19th century they already made up more than a half of town`s population. Jews lived close one to another in the quarters around the Great Synagogue and in the wooden houses on the foot of hill fort. It is assumed, that Jews also lived more concentrated around the central square of the city (now Kęstutis square), around the square of Žuvų (Fish) street market and in the streets leading to it. During the interwar period there were rows of simple permanent wooden merchants’ houses in this Fish Market square. Chaja Galaitė-Oguzienė had a shop located in the building of Žuvų street no. 7 – its inscription is still preserved on the wall of this building. And at Žuvų street no. 3 was the shop of Jewish businesswoman Šapirienė, who sold so-called colonial goods. During the interwar period the 9th building on this street house religious Jewish community of Ukmergė and somewhere close to this square was another synagogue of Ukmergė Jewish community, which unfortunately had vanished in fire of 1904.
Adresas: Žuvų g., Ukmergė