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The Last Jew of Góra Kalwaria.

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

It was 68 years ago to the day that the shtetl Góra Kalwaria lost all of its Jews. According to the Yad Vashem website, the Jews from Góra Kalwaria, or Gur as it was known then, were deported to the Warsaw Ghetto between February 25-26, 1941. Continue reading →

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