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Vawkavysk or
Volkovysk (Belarusian: Ваўкавыск, romanized: Vaŭkavysk; Russian: Волковыск; Polish: Wołkowysk; Yiddish: וואלקאוויסק) is a town in
Grodno Region...
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Lamport (née L****er).[citation needed] His
father was an
immigrant from
Volkovisk in the
Russian Empire (now Vawkavysk, Belarus) and his
mother was an immigrant...
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Russian Empire. His father,
Binyamin Diskin, was
rabbi of that city, then
Volkovisk, and
later Łomża. He
married Hinda Rachel,
daughter of
Rabbi Broder, and...
- (July–December 1943)
Einsatzkommando 8 The
Einsatzkommando was
active in
Volkovisk, Baranovichi, Babruysk, Lahoysk, Mogilev, and Minsk. It
executed 74,740...
- Flames." Scheib's
first job
after graduation was high
school teaching in
Volkovisk.
Scheib joined the
staff of the
Teachers Seminary in
Vilna in 1937 while...
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government school for
Jewish children in Grodno, and for a
short time in
Volkovisk. He also ran a
private school in
Grodno for many years.
Among his notable...
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occupation elsewhere.
Rozental was born as Anna ****er on
October 14, 1872, in
Volkovisk to a wealthy, well-respected family. At the age of six, her
father declared...
- the "Illui of Koidanov." He was
successively rabbi at
Glusk (1836–43),
Volkovisk (1843–54), Suwalki, and
Plungian (till his death). He
delivered sermons...
- 1999) was an
American nurse, filmmaker, and
political activist. Born in
Volkovisk,
Russian Empire on
September 11, 1911,
Davidow grew up in New York City...
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Second Western Army, parti****ting in
Pyotr Bagrations retreat from
Volkovisk. As the
Russians subsequently made
their counterattack, they
managed to...
