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Translation of the Kriaunos chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Dov Levin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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This is a translation from: Pinkas Hakehillot Lita: Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Lithuania,
Editor: Prof. Dov Levin, Assistant Editor: Josef Rosin, published by Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
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(Page 612)
Written by Josef Rosin
Translated by Shimon Joffe A county town in the Rokiskis district, 19 Km. south of Abel (Obeliai). In 1923, it had 275 inhabitants, including 13 Jews. After the conquest of Lithuania by the Germans in June 1941, the Jews shared the fate of the other Jews of the vicinity.
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