The whole 19th century a small town of Rozalimas (Rozalye) was in the worst position comparing to nearby Pakruojis (Pokroy) or Šeduva (Shadeve). However, at the end of the 19th century the town’s population increased (there were 549 people here, half of them were Jews).
Like in any Jewish shtetl, a synagogue, a mikveh, a school (cheder), a rabbinic house were built in Rozalimas. In small Jewish stores, sweets, shoes, fabrics or kerosene were sold. The only wholesaler of Rozalimas, Shapiro, used to purchase grain from local farmers and sell it in bigger towns, like Panevėžys (Ponevezh). Chaimas Sruolis was a taylor, Klovanski used to produce brooms from bristle, bought at local farmers. The town’s only electric door-bell on the pharmacy door attracted children, who were ringing the bell needed it or not, thus annoying, probably, not only the pharmacist Baras.
In 1930, a huge fire broke out in Rozalimas and many Jewish houses burned down. Most of the town’s inhabitants never recovered from the fire and moved to other cities.
Only two Rozalimas Jews survived the Holocaust.
former Sentilčio street where Jews lived, prayed, studied and worked. Building on the left is the beit midrash of Rozalimas. Pharmacy and teehouse was in the same building, owned by a Jew, Baras. Together with his wife they fled to Palestine just before the WW2. The Jewish cemetery was situated a bit further of the town, on the other side of the river Daugyvenė, on a small hill. Now it is not that easy to notice it. Rozalye Beit Midrash proudly survived and is waiting for the reconstruction