The Jewish population of the town before WWII was about 900 people. In November 1943 all of them were deported from Druskininkai ghetto the Kolbazin concentration camp in Belarus. After the war none of them returned to the home town. Most probably, there were all murdered.

Druskininkai is a birthplace of a world famous sculptor Zhak Lipshits. He was born in 1891. In 1909 he went to study to Paris. In 1941 Zh. Lipshits emigrated to USA. He died in August 1977 in the Island of Capri. Buried in Jerusalem. The seasonal Zhak Lipshits State Jewish Museum operates in Druskininkai. Its address: Sv. Jokubo street 17, telephone: (37033) 56 077.

Currently the Jewish Community of Druskininkai has 15 members. The spectrum Community’s activities includes commemoration of the Day of the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews (September 23), celebration of various Jewish holidays.

Chairperson: M. Vainermanaite
Address: Vytauto St. 19-15, Druskininkai, Lithuania
Tel. (37033) 54 590