Translation of the Tomasheve chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Josef Rosin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Page 303)
Translated by Shaul Yannai
An estate in the Trakai district, near Aukstadvaris. A Jew by the name of Zelig Abramovitz lived with his family in the leased estate until WWI. He developed the estate very much and cultivated its land with the help of salaried farmers. Zelig was the father of the author Hirsh Abramovitz, who was born in Tolkeve in 1881.
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