Event
1939–1945 period
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(1939-1945 )
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Yizkor book · a living הַנְצָחָה · Poland
Łuków
Jewish life, families, institutions, destruction, survival, and remembrance in the community of Łuków.
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- Book scans
- 662
- OCR passages
- 1,392
Sefer Lukow · 662 scanned pages
A grounded Yizkor book
Everything here is read from the real pages
You are browsing Sefer Lukow — the Łuków Yizkor memorial book, written by survivors in Hebrew and Yiddish. Every person, family, place, and event on this site was read from its actual scanned pages, and each fact links back to the exact passage and scan it came from. Nothing is invented; the original page is always one click away — a modern way to browse a primary source, not a replacement for it.
Ways into the book
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Reading path 1
Life of a Jewish community
Schools, synagogues, political movements, trades, welfare, and everyday life before destruction.
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Destruction, survival, and resistance
The ghetto, deportations, hiding, escape, armed resistance, and testimony from survivors.
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Families, names, and memory
Family names across people, places, events, memorial lists, and the evidence that connects them.
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People, families, places, and events
Enter the historical record through a familiar subject. Each result remains connected to the passage that supports it.
Inside the memorial book
Source-linked highlights
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Community
Lukow Jewish community
The commemorative volume concerns the destroyed Jewish community of Lukow.
געהײליקט דע ר חרוב־געווארענע ר קהיל ה
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Organization
Organization of Lukow Descendants in Israel
An organization of Lukow descendants in Israel issued the volume.
פון ארגו ן יוצא י לוקאו ו בישרא ל
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People, institutions, testimony, family, and events linked directly to book evidence.
EventAligned
1939–1945 period
(1939-1945)
The OCR includes a parenthetical date range.
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CommunityAligned
Lukow Jewish community
לוקאוו
The commemorative volume concerns the destroyed Jewish community of Lukow.
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OrganizationAligned
Organization of Lukow Descendants in Israel
ארגון יוצאי לוקאוו בישראל
An organization of Lukow descendants in Israel issued the volume.
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PlaceAligned
Tel Aviv
תל״אביב
The volume was published in Tel Aviv.
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PersonAligned
Isaiah Cohen
ישעיהוכהן
Named in the Israel contributor list.
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Shimon Saraka
שמעון סאראקא
Named in the Israel contributor list.
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