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Extractions from the Atlas of
Jewish History
by Martin Gilbert, 1984 Doreset Press, ISBN 0-088029-018-8 |
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As Russia took over more territories
they gain unwanted Jews.
(Click on photo for larger version. You can right click on the larger
version and download it onto your own computer for better veiwing.)
(Polotzk is a city about 50 miles East of Rezekne, Latvia.) |
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A Major Western expansion by the
Russians gave them even more territory and even more Jews.
(I have inserted a red dot on the approximate location of Rezekne,
Latvia.) This may have been the era when Henoch and his family moved to Rezekne. |
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THE PALE
Russia would allow the Jews to stay within Russia but only
within "The Pale"
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VILNA was flourishing under Jewish
influence.
Vilna is about 150 miles to the south and west of Rezekne, Latvia.
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Poverty and Charity among the Jews in
the Pale.
Rezekne, Latvia is about 50 miles north of Dvinsk.
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The Pogroms were probably a
major reason our relatives fled their home and came to America. Eliah died there
and Nathan (Abe's twin brother stayed). Nathan had surved in the Russian Army on
the Japanese front. Perhaps he was protected by the Russians. He and his family
apparently survived until WWII.
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