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Svir, Belarus

54°51' N, 26°24' E

Russian: Свирь. Belarusian: Сьвір. Yiddish: סוויר
45 miles ENE of Vilnius, 23 miles SSE of Švenčionys (Sventsyany), 21 miles W of Myadzyel.

Original Title:

Haya hayeta ayarat Swir; ben shtei milhamot ha-olam

English Title:

There once was a town Swir; between the two world wars

Editor:

Herzl Vayner

Published:

Israel 1975

Publisher:

Swir Society

Pages: 227 Languages: H,Y

Translation:

http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Svir1/Svir1.html

Libraries

See WorldCat site: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19176995

Jewish Theological Seminary Library, New York, NY, United States, Call No: DS135 R93 S944 V35

Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, , Israel, Call No: D47(438)

New York Public Library, Jewish Division, New York, NY, United States, Call No: *PXV(Svir) 77-3730

Ahad Haam Library, Tel Aviv, , Israel, Call No: 933.5(438) 278

Joseph Meyerhoff Library, Baltimore, MD, United States, Call No: 278.6 .Sw5s

Harvard University Library, Cambridge, MA, United States, Call No: Heb 16718.680

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Library, New York, NY, United States, Call No: 9/73619

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States, Call No: DS 135 B38 S92 1975

American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Call No: DS135.R93 S92 1975

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Call No: Has book

UCLA Research Library, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Call No: DS 135 R93 S94s

Jewish Public Library of Montreal, Montreal, , Canada, Call No: Yizkor

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Svir, Belarus

54°51' N, 26°24' E