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Old Lubkowsczyna, Belarus, May 2000
Lubkowsczyna is the tiny village where my mother’s father’s mother, Libe Chane, was born and raised. The town was not even on contemporary maps. We located it via an historical map that was held at a research center in Warsaw. There’s a longer story to tell about getting here and meeting the warm couple whose barn this is.
To be continued.

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Old Lubkowsczyna, Belarus, May 2000

Lubkowsczyna is the tiny village where my mother’s father’s mother, Libe Chane, was born and raised. The town was not even on contemporary maps. We located it via an historical map that was held at a research center in Warsaw. There’s a longer story to tell about getting here and meeting the warm couple whose barn this is.

To be continued.

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