Below are some pictures that are in the YIVO catalogue
of Jews in the Carpathians during the 1920's. These pictures were
taken for the Jewish Forward. They are used with permission of
YIVO.
Here are pictures of boys in Holatyn, a shtetl near Bystra, in 1923.
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Here are some pictures of men in Holatyn, including a man cutting wood for the sabbath.
Other scenes of village life in the shtetls of the Carpathians.
Here are pictures of boys in Holatyn, a shtetl near Bystra, in 1923.
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Here are some pictures of men in Holatyn, including a man cutting wood for the sabbath.
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Other scenes of village life in the shtetls of the Carpathians.
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| Typical home | Tshiniodev, 1937 |
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| Preparing for the sabbath | Unidentified women |