Translation of the Dirviniskis chapter
from Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Yiddish, Dirvinishok)
A village in the Siauliai district, near Siaulenai.
A few Jewish families lived in the village during the second half of the 19th century. In 1861,there was a blood libel in Dirviniskis and in the nearby town of Siaulenai.
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