Translation of the Backininkeliai chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Dov Levin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Page 181)
Written by Dov Levin
Translated by Shaul Yannai A village in the Trakai district, 15 km northeast of Prienai. In the beginning of the 20th century there was an estate in the village that was owned by a Jew by the name of Nahum Karasovski. During the period of Independent Lithuania there was a small Jewish settlement in the village. During WWII the local Jews were murdered together with the Jews of Darsuniskis.
Gar, J, Wiederklangen, Part 1, p. 346.
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