Publication: Wąwolnica Jews and their Cemetery

Pawel Sygowski from our partners Stowarzyszenie “Studnia Pamieci” (Well of Memory) presents his new book about the Jewish cemetery in Wąwolnica -Żydzi wąwolniccy i ich cmentarz.

Authored by Studnia Pamięci

Żydzi wąwolniccy i ich cmentarz

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