ALEKSOTAS (Kaunas): Kaunas county, Kaunas district

Alternate names: Aleksotas [Lith], Aleksat, אַלעקסאָט [Yid], Aleksota, Алексота [Pol, Rus], Alexoten [Ger], Aleksoto, Aleksot, Alexota, Eliksat. 54°53' N, 23°54' E, 1 mile S of Kaunas, across the Neman River.  Suburb of Kaunas since 1931. 1900 Jewish population: 644. Aleksotas is an elderate in the southern section of the city of Kaunas, bordering the left bank of the Neman River (Lithuanian: Nemunas). 2006 population: 21,694. Wikipedia.

• Shtetl Finder (1980), p. 1: "Aleksat".
• Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), I, p. 30: "Aleksota".
• Jewish Records Indexing - Poland

Jewish cemetery: Kaunas' only remaining active Jewish Cemetery can be accessed through a gate at the back of the Naleksta factory on H ir O Minkovskių.  information. [September 2010]