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Pilviskiai (Pilvishok)

Lithuania

Also known as:

  • Pilvishok(in Lithuanian)
  • Pilvishki
  • Pilviskai
  • Pilviski
  • Pilviskis

Jewish Population before the Holocaust: 961

YAHRZHEIT (MEMORIAL) DATES OF LITHUANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITIES

 

Location: Latitude 54deg 43', Longitude 23deg 13'

  • 50 kilometers (80 miles) Southwest of Kaunas (Kovno)

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Click for Article on Pilviskiai by Joseph Rosin (Haifa, Israel)

English edited by Fania Hilelson-Jivotovsky

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Created April 22, 2001
Updated by JA January 28, 2006
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