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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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Title

Mayn shtedtel: bilder un geshtalen

מיין שטעדטעל: בילדער און געשטאלטען

Category

Yizkor Books

Author/Originator

Melamed, Shmuel Moshe (1885-1938)

Year of Publication/Creation

1930

Place of Publication/Creation

Chicago

Language(s)

Yiddish

Geographic Places

Vilkaviskis (Wylkowyszki, Wolkowyszki, Vilkavishk), Lithuania (read online)

https://zikaron-imports.s3.amazonaws.com/Vilkovishk/Vilkovishk 001.pdf

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Shmuel Moshe Melamed’s memoirs describe the shtetl in which he was born while failing to mention its name. Thankfully, the Cyclopedia of Modern Hebrew Literature notes his place of birth as Vilkovishk (Vilkaviskis), Lithuania.

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