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Tashkent

טאַשקענט (רוסלאַנד)

The song was created in Tashkent, Russia, in 1942.

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רעפריין: ביאַליסטאָק, א. אַז. SV‏ /) ONT |‏ ליד ביאַליסטאָק PNR‏ געשאַפן געװאָרן אין טאַשקענט (רוסלאַנד) PR‏ יאָר 1942 שש i‏ דורכ'ן אידישן שרייבער יצחק פּערלאָוו. ji‏ : געזונגען דורך ליזא ריבאַלאָווסקי, VOR‏ איבערלעבן אוישוויץ, ( ul \‏ pe‏ i}‏ ...

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... In 1941, when the Germans invaded Russian- administered Bialystok, Mr. Rybal was swiftly drafted into the Russian Army because of his skills as a printer. He was taken away from his family, his friends and his beloved hometown, never to be reunited with them. In fierce battle he was severely wounded and discharged from the army. Good medical care restored him to sound health, however, and he spent the remainder of the war years first traveling, then settling in Tashkent to rejoin /andsleit there and, finally, along with other Pol- ish citizens, was exiled to Siberia. ...

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