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Yizkor memorial book

Chełm

Also written Chelm · Khelm · Ḥelem

This Hebrew volume commemorates the Jewish community of Chełm, in historical Congress Poland and present-day Poland, forty years after its destruction. Published in 1980 by Chełm natives in Israel and Argentina, its 423 pages suggest a later commemorative record for an international survivor community.

[Ḥ. m.] : ʿIrgun yotsʾe Ḥelem be-Yiśrẚel uve-Ar. ha-B.

Published: 1980
Language: Hebrew
Pages: 423
Region: Congress Poland
Country today: Poland
Archive id: nybc314181

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