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Yizkor memorial book

Vitebsk

Also written Vitsyebsk · Vitebsk · Witebsk

This Yiddish volume commemorates Vitebsk, historically in the Lithuania-and-Belarus region and now in Belarus, through history, memoirs, and Holocaust destruction. Published in New York in 1956 by Walson Press, its 660 pages indicate a substantial postwar communal compilation.

Nyu-Yorḳ : Walson Press

Published: 1956
Language: Yiddish
Pages: 660
Region: Lithuania & Belarus
Country today: Belarus
Archive id: nybc314077

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