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Cellar

במרתף

A cellar where a Jewish family was hidden during the Holocaust.

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... בערב אנחנו הולכים לבקר אצל משפחה יד״ודית, שהוחבאה כל שנות השואד, במרתף. שם מתכנסת כל המושבה היהודית מגרודנה, כ-15 איש, לכל אחד ספור בלהות משלו, כל ספור מגילת־אש ארוכה, רווית דם ודמע. ...
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Event
Jewish gathering in hiding
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Person
Russia
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Place
Grodno
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Place
Ghetto
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Place
Treblinka
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Place
Auschwitz
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Community
Jewish community of Grodno
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Place
Kuźnica
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Gathering
Jewish gathering in hiding

Approximately fifteen Jews from Grodno gathered in a cellar after the Holocaust.