Aswan (Assuan, Syene), Egypt · Project Zikaron

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18th- and 19th-century Jewish communal registers (pinkasim in Hebrew) obtained by special agreement with the Russian State Library.

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. See the "About" tab for details.

Details of four yizkor books and one communal history featured in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Documents associated with Rabbi Shimen Eisenberg, whose 2nd volume of memoirs was transcribed for Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

The manuscript of volume three of Avraham Shlomo Melamed's memoirs, which is included in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Three photographs of European Jews taken in the early 1910s. See the "About" tab for details.

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Aswan (Assuan, Syene), Egypt (2)

24°05' N,32°54' E

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Nearby Localities and Map
- Elephantine (part of Aswan), Egypt 2 miles / 3 km
- Kom Ombo, Egypt 27 miles / 43 km

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