Translation of the Baranas chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Josef Rosin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Page 182)
Written by Josef Rosin
Translated by Shaul Yannai A village in the Birzai district, not far from Pasvalys. A few Jewish families lived there during the period of Independent Lithuania. One of them was called Achber (Echber). In June of 1941, when the Germans conquered Lithuania, the fate of the Jews of Baranas was the same as the fate of the other Jews in the area.
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