In 2010 some 3,000 glass negatives were found by workers renovating the tenement at 4 Rynek Street in Lublin. The photos were likely taken by one Abram Zylberberg, who resided at that address. The sub

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The first six Hebrew lines read as follows: Here lies our dear father an upright man pursuing righteousness [tzedakah] and lovingkindness [chesed] the rabbi Mordechai son of Mr. Yechiel may his memory

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In fact, the 1857 census records (unindexed) are available online through Family Search. They're organized by house number, but it's confusing because similar number sequences appear in different volu

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