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Lakhva

Also written Lachwa · Lakhov · Lakhva

This Hebrew volume commemorates Jewish Lakhva, in historical Volhynia, now Belarus. Published in Jerusalem in 1957 by the Encyclopedia of the Diaspora, it is a medium-sized community memorial likely shaped as a historical and commemorative survey.

Jerusalem : Hotsaʼat Entsiḳlopedyah shel galuyot

Published: 1957
Language: Hebrew
Pages: 259
Region: Volhynia
Country today: Belarus
Archive id: nybc313847

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