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Shkhna the Shamash

שכנא דעם שומש

Older Jewish man whose beard was shaved during German persecution.

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... איך װײם גיט װאס פריער צו שרײבן. עם איז פיגצטער און ביטער אין אלע װינקעלאך. קײן ײד זעט מען ניט. דער דײטש, גנב, יהאט אויסגעמארדעט מיט אלע אכזרױתן. װי נאר ער איז ארײן קײן דראהיטשין, האט ער באלד פון דער ערשטער ריתתלה אפגעשוירן 9 מענטשן די בערד. • שכנא דעם שומש, ישראל דעם מילנער, און אנדערע עלטערע ײדן. אין דרײ טעג ארום איז ארויס. א גזרה אז יעדער ײד מוז טראגן א לאטע פון היגטן און א לאטע פון פארנט. דאס זײנען געװען צװײ געלױ גרױסע לאטעם.
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