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Translation of the Silai chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Josef Rosin
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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Translated by Shaul Yannai
In Yiddish, Shil A village in the county of Tubines in the district of Ukmerge, 8 km south of Raguva. Several Jewish families lived in Silai during the period of Independent Lithuania. They made their living from agriculture. In June, 1941, when the Germans conquered Lithuania, the fate of the Jews of Silai was the same as the fate of the Jews in the surrounding areas.
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