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Translation of the Zalioji chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Josef Rosin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Page 294)
Translated by Shaul Yannai
In Yiddish, Zhaloy
A county town, 9 km northeast of the district city of Vilkaviskis. In 1923, there were 24 Jews in Zalioji. When Germany conquered Lithuania, the fate of the Jews of Zalioji was the same as the fate of the Jews in the surrounding areas.
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