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Candlesticks taken to Vilna by Polish Jewish refugees [LCID: 2000h68v]
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Candlesticks taken to Vilna by Polish Jewish refugees

A pair of candlesticks, bought in Poland and used every Friday evening during observance of the Jewish Sabbath. Polish Jewish refugees fleeing the German invasion of Poland in 1939 carried these candlesticks with them to Vilna.

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Poland Jewish communities before the war invasion of Poland belongings
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