Zelig Kost was a Holocaust survivor >from Rakov (presentday Belarus) who wrote movingly about returning to the shtetl in 1944 and coming upon the ruins of the synagogue where so many died. His account

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Zelig KOST was a Holocaust survivor >from Rakov (present day Belarus) who wrote movingly about returning to the shtetl in 1944 and coming upon the ruins of the synagogue where so many died. His accoun

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Zelig KOST was a Holocaust survivor >from Rakov (present day Belarus) who wrote movingly about returning to the shtetl in 1944 and coming upon the ruins of the synagogue where so many died. His accoun

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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I just found my maternal grandmother's Ellis Island records and she lists her town as Krasnice (it was part of Poland in 1921 when she emigrated). My mother says she believes her mother lived near Min

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I am researching family members who lived in Rakov and Volozhin (present-day Belarus) until the Holocaust. I am trying to find out which side of the line they were on during the First World War. From

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I have a distant relative whose name was Yishayahu (various spellings). Is this the Yiddish form of Isaiah? I have tried to research this on Google, but have come up with conflicting results. Thanks.

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I have a distant relative whose name was Yishayahu (various spellings). Is this the Yiddish form of Isaiah? I have tried to research this on Google, but have come up with conflicting results. Thanks.

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Dear Genners, I was with a group of friends last night and the subject of Yizkor books came up. I told them about the lists of those slain in the Holocaust published in each shtetl's book. One friend

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Dear Genners, I was with a group of friends last night and the subject of Yizkor books came up. I told them about the lists of those slain in the Holocaust published in each shtetl's book. One friend

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I am researching my family >from Rakov, in present-day Belarus. I visited Rakov, near Minsk, this past spring -- and we said kaddish on the site of the synagogue that was buried by the Nazis with much

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I am researching my family >from Rakov, in present-day Belarus. I visited Rakov, near Minsk, this past spring -- and we said kaddish on the site of the synagogue that was buried by the Nazis with much

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I am researching my family >from Rakov, in present-day Belarus. I visited Rakov, near Minsk, this past spring -- and we said kaddish on the site of the synagogue that was buried by the Nazis with much

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I am researching my family >from Rakov, in present-day Belarus. I visited Rakov, near Minsk, this past spring -- and we said kaddish on the site of the synagogue that was buried by the Nazis with much

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I have found the name of a relative in the Volozhin (also spelled Valozhin, present-day Belarus) Yitzkor book -- but unfortunately this section of the volume has not been translated. My knowledge of Y

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