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nili landesman's avatar

נפלא, תודה

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har grizim's avatar

I think it is a mistake to assume that all these people were Lubavitchers or even chasidim — all these towns had mixed populations of chasidim and misnagdim, who spoke the same language (in more sense than one) and even married each other.

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צמח's avatar

That’s a very good point. I will correct

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har grizim's avatar

very poignant images. yes, hard to shake the thought that few of these people would likely survive the summer of 1941 — for the Jews of small Belorussian shetelach there was no running away (aka "evacuation"), no ghettos, nor even concentration camps that still offered a tiny glimmer of hope to outlive the horror. just ditches in the woods and machine-gun fire.

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Baruch Hasofer's avatar

Beautiful pictures. You can see the same faces where I live...mutatis mutandis.

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Baruch Hasofer's avatar

Also a fewin the FREE shul in Crown Heights.

Ever meet Grisha Klimovitskiy?

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צמח's avatar

I knew a few, one was my closest friend. One was Grisha, my classmate. I don't think it is the same Grisha. The name comes from Kilmovichi near Mogilev and it is rather common.

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Baruch Hasofer's avatar

A shokhet from Leningrad

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צמח's avatar

All Klymovitzkys I know are from Moscow. From my class, actually. People in FREE, after my days there, after the 80s.

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