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Translation of the Skaistgirys chapter from
Pinkas Hakehillot Lita
Written by Josef Rosin
Published by Yad Vashem
Published in Jerusalem, 1996
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(Page 441)
Written by Josef Rosin
Translated by Shimon Joffe A county town in Siauliai county, 8 km south-east of Zagare. In 1886 it had 103 inhabitants, a windmill and two distilleries. It had a small Jewish community before the First World War. In 1922 it had 165 inhabitants including 3 Jews.
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