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Siaulenai, Lithuania

(Other Names: Shavlan, Shavlyan, Shavlyany, Siauleny, Shyaulenay, Savlan, Shavlian, Sialenai or Szawlany)

 

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About the city of Siaulenai
Location information. Maps.
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Photos of families from Siaulenai. Photos of Jewish gravestones in Siaulenai. Photos of postcards.

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Visiting Siaulenai

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 Siaulenai Synagogue
(Circa Mid 17th Century)

WELCOME TO Siaulenai
 

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Books about Shavlan


     Shavlan Book

Shavlan, a biographical novel, is a family saga based on true events in the life of the author’s maternal grandmother who lived in Shavlan.  Spanning three continents and five decades, it tells of a woman’s journey to independence, while living through World War I, deportation from her village in Lithuania, the Russian Revolution, the Civil War, a pogrom, and Lithuanian independence.

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