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Re: Using a pre-purchased ticket under a different name
#general
Alan Greenberg
I suspect here may not be a single definitive answer, but I know of
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one case where my grandfather clearly travelled on a ticked in his brother's name. That implies to me that it was either easier to do so, or perhaps the only alternative at the time if his brother couldn't travel. Alan Greenberg Montreal, Canada
At 01/07/2018 04:33 PM, T Gass tgass@... wrote:
I am wondering if anyone knows the answer to the following question:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Using a pre-purchased ticket under a different name
#general
Alan Greenberg
I suspect here may not be a single definitive answer, but I know of
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one case where my grandfather clearly travelled on a ticked in his brother's name. That implies to me that it was either easier to do so, or perhaps the only alternative at the time if his brother couldn't travel. Alan Greenberg Montreal, Canada
At 01/07/2018 04:33 PM, T Gass tgass@... wrote:
I am wondering if anyone knows the answer to the following question:
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ViewMate photo
#ukraine
Molly Staub
I've posted a photo of my maternal grandparents' 1904-wedding in London at
the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=68467 The bride and groom are Fanny Groffman and Samuel Berenson. Family members primarily settled in London >from Krasnoye, Podolia Gubernia, Ukraine. If you can identify any of the other people (surnames might also include Gershman and Mendelsohn), please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much, Molly Staub Molly Arost Staub 9274 Vista Del Lago, # 29A Boca Raton, FL 33428 P 561-571-6699 C 561-310-0426 E-mail staubmolly@...
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine ViewMate photo
#ukraine
Molly Staub
I've posted a photo of my maternal grandparents' 1904-wedding in London at
the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=68467 The bride and groom are Fanny Groffman and Samuel Berenson. Family members primarily settled in London >from Krasnoye, Podolia Gubernia, Ukraine. If you can identify any of the other people (surnames might also include Gershman and Mendelsohn), please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much, Molly Staub Molly Arost Staub 9274 Vista Del Lago, # 29A Boca Raton, FL 33428 P 561-571-6699 C 561-310-0426 E-mail staubmolly@...
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Margalit Ashira Ir
Dear Researchers,
In anticipation of the 2018 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (IAJGS ) in Warsaw, the Lodz Registration Extraction Team is pleased to announce the addition of 20,000 Jewish names now available on the JRI-Poland website. This information was extracted >from the Lodz Registration Cards 1916-1921. To date, the total number of names and families identified and indexed is 130,000. This could not have been accomplished without the dedication of our international group of volunteers who we thank for their continued passion and commitment these past 3 years. Our marathon to complete The Lodz Registration Card Project continues with 58% of the project complete. To expedite the work, we need your help! We welcome additional volunteers to join our incredible group and help move our program forward to total completion. Polish language skills are not required. Please Contact Margalit.a.Ir@... with your interest to join this team. Our volunteer team is extracting the cards in alphabetical order. If you wish to prioritize the extraction of your family's name, a donation of $54 per name will result in a quick and dedicated spreadsheet for your use. Margalit Ashira Ir Lodz Registration Cards Program Leader JRI-POLAND
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Margalit Ashira Ir
Dear Researchers,
In anticipation of the 2018 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (IAJGS ) in Warsaw, the Lodz Registration Extraction Team is pleased to announce the addition of 20,000 Jewish names now available on the JRI-Poland website. This information was extracted >from the Lodz Registration Cards 1916-1921. To date, the total number of names and families identified and indexed is 130,000. This could not have been accomplished without the dedication of our international group of volunteers who we thank for their continued passion and commitment these past 3 years. Our marathon to complete The Lodz Registration Card Project continues with 58% of the project complete. To expedite the work, we need your help! We welcome additional volunteers to join our incredible group and help move our program forward to total completion. Polish language skills are not required. Please Contact Margalit.a.Ir@... with your interest to join this team. Our volunteer team is extracting the cards in alphabetical order. If you wish to prioritize the extraction of your family's name, a donation of $54 per name will result in a quick and dedicated spreadsheet for your use. Margalit Ashira Ir Lodz Registration Cards Program Leader JRI-POLAND
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Two translations from Russian to English needed from Viewmate.
#poland
Sheila Toffell
I've posted two vital records in Russian >from the town of Opole Lubelski for
which I would appreciate translations. The first, the 1868 death record of Chaia Tafel , wife of Koppel Tafel is at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68441 The second is of the marriage of Koppel Tafel to Mariya Grynapel, also in 1868 is at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68442 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you! Sheila Toffel Researching TAFEL / TAFFEL/TOFEL/TOFFELL >from JOSEFOW NAD WISLA, LUBLIN AND OPOLE LUBELSKI, LUBLIN
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JRI Poland #Poland Two translations from Russian to English needed from Viewmate.
#poland
Sheila Toffell
I've posted two vital records in Russian >from the town of Opole Lubelski for
which I would appreciate translations. The first, the 1868 death record of Chaia Tafel , wife of Koppel Tafel is at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68441 The second is of the marriage of Koppel Tafel to Mariya Grynapel, also in 1868 is at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM68442 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you! Sheila Toffel Researching TAFEL / TAFFEL/TOFEL/TOFFELL >from JOSEFOW NAD WISLA, LUBLIN AND OPOLE LUBELSKI, LUBLIN
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Lodz Registration Cards Update - 130,000 Names
#poland
Margalit Ashira Ir
Dear Researchers,
In anticipation of the 2018 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (IAJGS ) in Warsaw, the Lodz Registration Extraction Team is pleased to announce the addition of 20,000 Jewish names now available on the JRI-Poland website. This information was extracted >from the Lodz Registration Cards 1916-1921. To date, the total number of names and families identified and indexed is 130,000. This could not have been accomplished without the dedication of our international group of volunteers who we thank for their continued passion and commitment these past 3 years. Our marathon to complete The Lodz Registration Card Project continues with 58% of the project complete. To expedite the work, we need your help! We welcome additional volunteers to join our incredible group and help move our program forward to total completion. Polish language skills are not required. Please Contact Margalit.a.Ir@... with your interest to join this team. Our volunteer team is extracting the cards in alphabetical order. If you wish to prioritize the extraction of your family's name, a donation of $54 per name will result in a quick and dedicated spreadsheet for your use. Margalit Ashira Ir Lodz Registration Cards Program Leader JRI-POLAND
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Query on Polish Words
#poland
Richard Cooper
Does anyone know the answer to two questions arising >from a birth
record transcription on JRI-PL, please? 1) Might the given name Gecel be connected (kinnui etc) to Nahum? 2) What is the translation of paikacza (or palkacza) buznicznego? Is it synagogue shamash? TIA, Richard Cooper (NB: Not related to any COOPERs!) Midhurst, UK MILLET, ENGELBERG, BLUMENKEHL, SUSSWEIN, WACKS & PITERZIL >from Tarnow, Dabrowa Tarnowska and Lezajsk LEZTER, SALENDER, RINENBERG, EISEN & KRAETTER >from Rzeszow and Kolbuszowa YAROSHEVSKY, SHAPOCHNIKOW & GRANITUR >from Odessa and Zlatopol/Novomirgorod LEWINSTEIN >from Berdichev ADLER, FINKELSTEIN, PARYLLE, WEINTRAUB & ZILZ >from Tarnopol and Trembowla BORENSTEIN, MATELEVITCH,GODZINSKIJ & ZIMNOWICZ and >from Warsaw and Radun
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JRI Poland #Poland Lodz Registration Cards Update - 130,000 Names
#poland
Margalit Ashira Ir
Dear Researchers,
In anticipation of the 2018 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (IAJGS ) in Warsaw, the Lodz Registration Extraction Team is pleased to announce the addition of 20,000 Jewish names now available on the JRI-Poland website. This information was extracted >from the Lodz Registration Cards 1916-1921. To date, the total number of names and families identified and indexed is 130,000. This could not have been accomplished without the dedication of our international group of volunteers who we thank for their continued passion and commitment these past 3 years. Our marathon to complete The Lodz Registration Card Project continues with 58% of the project complete. To expedite the work, we need your help! We welcome additional volunteers to join our incredible group and help move our program forward to total completion. Polish language skills are not required. Please Contact Margalit.a.Ir@... with your interest to join this team. Our volunteer team is extracting the cards in alphabetical order. If you wish to prioritize the extraction of your family's name, a donation of $54 per name will result in a quick and dedicated spreadsheet for your use. Margalit Ashira Ir Lodz Registration Cards Program Leader JRI-POLAND
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JRI Poland #Poland Query on Polish Words
#poland
Richard Cooper
Does anyone know the answer to two questions arising >from a birth
record transcription on JRI-PL, please? 1) Might the given name Gecel be connected (kinnui etc) to Nahum? 2) What is the translation of paikacza (or palkacza) buznicznego? Is it synagogue shamash? TIA, Richard Cooper (NB: Not related to any COOPERs!) Midhurst, UK MILLET, ENGELBERG, BLUMENKEHL, SUSSWEIN, WACKS & PITERZIL >from Tarnow, Dabrowa Tarnowska and Lezajsk LEZTER, SALENDER, RINENBERG, EISEN & KRAETTER >from Rzeszow and Kolbuszowa YAROSHEVSKY, SHAPOCHNIKOW & GRANITUR >from Odessa and Zlatopol/Novomirgorod LEWINSTEIN >from Berdichev ADLER, FINKELSTEIN, PARYLLE, WEINTRAUB & ZILZ >from Tarnopol and Trembowla BORENSTEIN, MATELEVITCH,GODZINSKIJ & ZIMNOWICZ and >from Warsaw and Radun
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JRI-Poland adds more Warszawa Data to the Database
#poland
hadassahlipsius
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland recently added another 2685 more Warszawa
records to the JRI-Poland database. The new additions include the following: Fond 200 - Sygnatura 85, 1898 Marriages District 5 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 92, 1892 Births District 5/6 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 155, 1906-1908 Marriages District 10 Fond 180 - Sygnatura 30, 1842 Births District 4 Fond 180 - Sygnatura 31, 1841 Birth, Marriage and Deaths District 7/8 With these new additions, the JRI-Poland database now has almost 192,000 vital records for the city of Warszawa. We continue to work on adding additional data, links and extracting more information on the data already on line. The indexing project for the City of Warszawa is extensive and JRI-Poland has made the commitment to support the completion of the effort. Please consider making a donation to the Warszawa PSA project to help further the indexing. Good luck in your search! Hadassah Lipsius Warszawa Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator Warszawa Archive Coordinator JRI-Poland
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JRI Poland #Poland JRI-Poland adds more Warszawa Data to the Database
#poland
hadassahlipsius
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland recently added another 2685 more Warszawa
records to the JRI-Poland database. The new additions include the following: Fond 200 - Sygnatura 85, 1898 Marriages District 5 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 92, 1892 Births District 5/6 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 155, 1906-1908 Marriages District 10 Fond 180 - Sygnatura 30, 1842 Births District 4 Fond 180 - Sygnatura 31, 1841 Birth, Marriage and Deaths District 7/8 With these new additions, the JRI-Poland database now has almost 192,000 vital records for the city of Warszawa. We continue to work on adding additional data, links and extracting more information on the data already on line. The indexing project for the City of Warszawa is extensive and JRI-Poland has made the commitment to support the completion of the effort. Please consider making a donation to the Warszawa PSA project to help further the indexing. Good luck in your search! Hadassah Lipsius Warszawa Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator Warszawa Archive Coordinator JRI-Poland
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Ukraine database additions in June
#ukraine
Janette Silverman
Dear friends:
With the digital availability of FHL images some of our indexed records are already linked to those images. When you do a search on JewisGen if there is a microfilm number and it is underlined, then it is linked to the Family History Library's digital image. You will need to be signed into your free account at FamilySearch.org in order to access the images but you can do so >from home! Thanks to Michael Tobias for connecting the Ukraine indexes to those images. We have added the following new data to the JewishGen Ukraine databases: Vasilkov 1816 and Belaya Tserkov 1850 revision lists - 1,047 lines Litin 1882 revision list - 862 lines Odessa 1897 census - 243 lines Stavische 1847 community book - 37 lines Tuchin 1851-1858 revision list 2,998 lines Stavishche 1847 births - 101 lines Tarascha BMD - 611 lines Zashkov 1848-1851 births - 44 lines Zhivotovv 1851 marriage - 9 lines Koshevata 1847-51 BD 107 lines Thank you to the numerous volunteers who are working so hard on translations and transcriptions. Thank you also to Alex Krakovsky for the work he is doing in the archives in Ukraine to digitize data and make it freely available at https://tinyurl.com/Ukraine-databases New data will be added in September. I'll be visiting the CAHJP in October to discuss their new data acquisitions, what we would like from various archives, and the possibility of linking the indexes made from data we acquired >from CAHJP to the records. Please, do not ask me to send you copies of records >from the indexes. All of us working on record acquisition and managing translation projects as well as most of our translators are volunteers. We do not have staff available to look for and send you records, and in some cases, we are bound by agreements with some archives not to do so. I hope to see many of you in Warsaw at the IAJGS conference. Janette -- Dr. Janette Silverman JewishGen Ukraine-SIG Coordinator ukrainesig.coordinator@... http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/default.asp https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ukraine-SIG/180102942060505
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Ukraine database additions in June
#ukraine
Janette Silverman
Dear friends:
With the digital availability of FHL images some of our indexed records are already linked to those images. When you do a search on JewisGen if there is a microfilm number and it is underlined, then it is linked to the Family History Library's digital image. You will need to be signed into your free account at FamilySearch.org in order to access the images but you can do so >from home! Thanks to Michael Tobias for connecting the Ukraine indexes to those images. We have added the following new data to the JewishGen Ukraine databases: Vasilkov 1816 and Belaya Tserkov 1850 revision lists - 1,047 lines Litin 1882 revision list - 862 lines Odessa 1897 census - 243 lines Stavische 1847 community book - 37 lines Tuchin 1851-1858 revision list 2,998 lines Stavishche 1847 births - 101 lines Tarascha BMD - 611 lines Zashkov 1848-1851 births - 44 lines Zhivotovv 1851 marriage - 9 lines Koshevata 1847-51 BD 107 lines Thank you to the numerous volunteers who are working so hard on translations and transcriptions. Thank you also to Alex Krakovsky for the work he is doing in the archives in Ukraine to digitize data and make it freely available at https://tinyurl.com/Ukraine-databases New data will be added in September. I'll be visiting the CAHJP in October to discuss their new data acquisitions, what we would like from various archives, and the possibility of linking the indexes made from data we acquired >from CAHJP to the records. Please, do not ask me to send you copies of records >from the indexes. All of us working on record acquisition and managing translation projects as well as most of our translators are volunteers. We do not have staff available to look for and send you records, and in some cases, we are bound by agreements with some archives not to do so. I hope to see many of you in Warsaw at the IAJGS conference. Janette -- Dr. Janette Silverman JewishGen Ukraine-SIG Coordinator ukrainesig.coordinator@... http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/default.asp https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ukraine-SIG/180102942060505
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Searching for one Isaac Zipperstein (married to Chantzia/Chassie) that arrived in the US on 30-May-1910 in Galveston, Texas
#general
Avraham Y. Kahana
Hello all,
I have posted months (and years) ago about me searching for my Zipperstein relatives that made to the US in the beginning of the 1900s. Fortunately JewishGen and the community made my efforts successful, allowing me to find 2 of my great grandmother's siblings. Today I am starting the quest for one of the other 2 remaining: Yitzchak Zipperstein. Below is the ship manifest one can find at Ancestry for him. The first thing I did was writing the Texas Jewish Genealogical Society inquiring about him. What other leads should I try, given the data below is the only thing I have ? Thanks in advance, Avraham Y. Kahana Israel Manifest Name: Isaak Ziperstein (wife Chassie? Channie? in Lipkany Either headed to Davenport Iowa or Victor Colorado Age on Arrival: 28 Birth Date: 1882 Birthplace: Lipkang, Russia, Russia Gender: Male Race: Hebrew Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Arrival Date: 30 May 1910 Port of Arrival: Galveston, Texas, USA Vessel: Franklin Friend's Name: Colo Wheatland Last Residence: Russia
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching for one Isaac Zipperstein (married to Chantzia/Chassie) that arrived in the US on 30-May-1910 in Galveston, Texas
#general
Avraham Y. Kahana
Hello all,
I have posted months (and years) ago about me searching for my Zipperstein relatives that made to the US in the beginning of the 1900s. Fortunately JewishGen and the community made my efforts successful, allowing me to find 2 of my great grandmother's siblings. Today I am starting the quest for one of the other 2 remaining: Yitzchak Zipperstein. Below is the ship manifest one can find at Ancestry for him. The first thing I did was writing the Texas Jewish Genealogical Society inquiring about him. What other leads should I try, given the data below is the only thing I have ? Thanks in advance, Avraham Y. Kahana Israel Manifest Name: Isaak Ziperstein (wife Chassie? Channie? in Lipkany Either headed to Davenport Iowa or Victor Colorado Age on Arrival: 28 Birth Date: 1882 Birthplace: Lipkang, Russia, Russia Gender: Male Race: Hebrew Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Arrival Date: 30 May 1910 Port of Arrival: Galveston, Texas, USA Vessel: Franklin Friend's Name: Colo Wheatland Last Residence: Russia
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(Belarus) Nazi Concentration Camp Maly Trostenets Memorial Opens
#belarus
Jan Meisels Allen
One of Nazi concentration camps, almost forgotten, Maly Trostenets, also
known as Maly Troscianiec in Polish and Maly Trastsyanets in Belarusian, about 12 kilometers south-east of Minsk, within the former Soviet Union was virtually unknown during the Soviet era. It was originally set up in the 1940s by Nazi Germany to incarcerate Soviet prisoners of war. It was turned into an extermination camp between July 1942 and October 1943. Between Spring 1942-Summer 1944 200,000 people were murdered at the camp, making it one of the largest extermination camps created by the Nazis. In 1943-1944 when the Red Army was approaching, the Nazis decided to destroy the evidence and burned the bodies. Only 17 people survived. It is the fourth largest Nazi extermination camp after Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka. Jews from Europe, mainly >from Belarus, Poland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia were the largest group among the victims, including 22,000 German Jews and 30,000 Jews >from nearby Minsk. They were murdered and buried in the nearby Blahaushchyna forest. For the first time the German President traveled to Belarus, along with the presidents of Austria and Belarus, the Polish presidential chancellery State Secretary, Czech parliament's deputy speaker, World Jewish Congress representative, and the President of Belarus attended the memorial's opening. As Soviet narrative victims of Maly Trosents, were incorrectly referred to as "Soviet civilians, partisans, resistance fighters," as the Soviet culture of remembrance excludes the Holocaust. Holocaust crimes that took place east of Auschwitz have been hardly recognized. There are two memorials at Trostenets. In 2015 the "Gate of Remembrance" was inaugurated. This is the path which the victims walked to their deaths. The second memorial is at the killing field. Historians and architects combined forces to combine the two memorials so that today there is one. A video of the memorial is available at: https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/obshchestvo/v_trostentse_byli_unichtozheny_sotni _tysyach_evreev/ The narrative is Belarusian. To read more see: https://www.rferl.org/a/top-level-delegations-in-minsk-to-unveil-memorial-to -victims-of-nazi-camp/29327532.html And: https://tinyurl.com/ybaq5ae7 Original url: https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-an-unknown-story-of-the-holocaust-brings-forgo tten-camp-back-into-europes-conscience/a-44456445 Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Belarus SIG #Belarus (Belarus) Nazi Concentration Camp Maly Trostenets Memorial Opens
#belarus
Jan Meisels Allen
One of Nazi concentration camps, almost forgotten, Maly Trostenets, also
known as Maly Troscianiec in Polish and Maly Trastsyanets in Belarusian, about 12 kilometers south-east of Minsk, within the former Soviet Union was virtually unknown during the Soviet era. It was originally set up in the 1940s by Nazi Germany to incarcerate Soviet prisoners of war. It was turned into an extermination camp between July 1942 and October 1943. Between Spring 1942-Summer 1944 200,000 people were murdered at the camp, making it one of the largest extermination camps created by the Nazis. In 1943-1944 when the Red Army was approaching, the Nazis decided to destroy the evidence and burned the bodies. Only 17 people survived. It is the fourth largest Nazi extermination camp after Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka. Jews from Europe, mainly >from Belarus, Poland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia were the largest group among the victims, including 22,000 German Jews and 30,000 Jews >from nearby Minsk. They were murdered and buried in the nearby Blahaushchyna forest. For the first time the German President traveled to Belarus, along with the presidents of Austria and Belarus, the Polish presidential chancellery State Secretary, Czech parliament's deputy speaker, World Jewish Congress representative, and the President of Belarus attended the memorial's opening. As Soviet narrative victims of Maly Trosents, were incorrectly referred to as "Soviet civilians, partisans, resistance fighters," as the Soviet culture of remembrance excludes the Holocaust. Holocaust crimes that took place east of Auschwitz have been hardly recognized. There are two memorials at Trostenets. In 2015 the "Gate of Remembrance" was inaugurated. This is the path which the victims walked to their deaths. The second memorial is at the killing field. Historians and architects combined forces to combine the two memorials so that today there is one. A video of the memorial is available at: https://www.tvr.by/eng/news/obshchestvo/v_trostentse_byli_unichtozheny_sotni _tysyach_evreev/ The narrative is Belarusian. To read more see: https://www.rferl.org/a/top-level-delegations-in-minsk-to-unveil-memorial-to -victims-of-nazi-camp/29327532.html And: https://tinyurl.com/ybaq5ae7 Original url: https://www.dw.com/en/belarus-an-unknown-story-of-the-holocaust-brings-forgo tten-camp-back-into-europes-conscience/a-44456445 Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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