“Salovon “had a Matza factory that was active only from Purim until Passover. He had a Matza factory active only from Purim to Passover. - - - Between 1915-1918 the Front [of the war] was 30 K”m away and many Russian soldiers were killed and among them many Jews.

Yenkl Birg, lived on Tzefra street, opposite to the courtyard/area of the small kloyz. Behind the house, there was a brick storehouse/granary and behind it was a garden. About 10 non-Jews worked in his work-shop and processed cow-hides to produce boots for the rich farmers in the neighboring villages.

Moshe Abes: The first Jewish lawyer in Kleck. His surname was Gelfand but he was called as was the custom in those days, as the son of his father: Moshe Aba’s. He died at the beginning of the[20th] century . Today he would not have been marked as distinguished, but in perspective, at that time in Kleck when there was not yet even a progressive Kheder, he was from a village Astrotzitz, and as an autodidact learned the language and laws of the country. He successfully became a judge for the farmers in the neighborhood.