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LitvakSIG
Lithuanian-Jewish Special Interest Group
Dedicated to discovering and preserving our
Litvak Heritage
Records in the Vilnius Archives, July 1997
Vilnius Choral Synagogue. Designed in 1872 and as restored in 1999.
The wooden synagogue was built in 1790 and destroyed in 1941. This image is from a 1926 postcard.
Street scene with water carrier from old postcard
A gathering of shopkeepers from an old postcard
Purim in the first grade class (Mechina Alef) at the Schwabe School, 1931/32
Inside the Kovno Synagogue
Blumsohn family about 1916
Washing clothes, an image by Maurice Block taken on a trip to Kovne in 1920. All 48 photos taken on
First grade class (Mechina Alef) at the Schwabe School, 1931/32
Shoshana (Berk) Sarid (left) and Henia (Wisgardisky) Lewin in the Kovno Ghetto in 1943
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