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Translation of the Gastynai chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Page 198)
Translated by Shimon Joffe
An estate in the Raseiniai district, near Kelme.
Before the First World War it occupied an area of 200 hectares (approx.2000 dunams), and was owned by a Jew named P. Kofman. During Lithuanian independence it was reduced in area and managed by B. Kofman.
Komunistu Zodis (the newspaper of the Kelme region), 11.6.1988.
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