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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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Svihov (Schwihau), Czech Republic (3)

49°29' N,13°17' E

Nearby Localities and Map
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- Vlci, Czech Republic 4 miles / 6 km
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- Kolovec (Kollautschen), Czech Republic 7 miles / 11 km
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- Janovice nad Uhlavou (Janowitz an der Angel), Czech Republic 10 miles / 16 km
- Stankov (Stankau), Czech Republic 11 miles / 18 km
- Stod (Staab), Czech Republic 12 miles / 19 km
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- Strazov (Drosau), Czech Republic 13 miles / 21 km
- Puclice (Pustlitz), Czech Republic 13 miles / 21 km
- Opalka, Czech Republic 13 miles / 21 km
- Stenovice (Stenowitz), Czech Republic 14 miles / 23 km
- Blovice (Blowitz), Czech Republic 14 miles / 23 km
- Nyrsko (Neuern), Czech Republic 14 miles / 23 km
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- Furth im Wald (Furth, Brod nad Lesy, Bavorsky Brod), Germany 23 miles / 37 km
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Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Geschichte der Juden in der Čechoslovakischen Republik: 2. Jahrgang (1930) ( Communal Histories )
Steinherz, Samuel
Guide Book: Jewish Sights of Bohemia and Moravia (1991) ( Communal Histories, Yizkor Books )
Fiedler, Jiří
Ts'ekhyah u-Slovakyah be-mabat Yehudi u-khelali : madrikh la-metayel [Czechia and Slovakia from a Jewish and General Perspective: A Travel Guide] ([2003]) ( Communal Histories )
צ׳כיה וסלובקיה במבט יהודי וכללי: מדריך למטייל
Lavi, Yeḥezkel

External Links

Jewish History

JewishGen Yizkor Book Project: Die Juden und Judengemeinde Bohmens in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart [The Jews and Jewish Communities of Bohemia in the Past and Present]

General History

Wikipedia (English)

Wikipedia (Czech)

Cemeteries

International Jewish Cemetery Project

Holocaust

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - interviews

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - documents, photos, & artifacts

USHMM: Oral history interview with Marie Hanzlíková

USHMM: Auschwitz-Häftling 71978 / Nina Weilová

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