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Apr 1, 2016 · It turned out they once belong to an unidentified Litvak family from Kaunas who managed to smuggle them out of the Kaunas Ghetto before it was liquidated during the summer of 1944. I immediately saw their historical importance and was horrified to discover they were in the possession of a local politician who not only failed to understand the ...
The largest influx of refugees in British history happened during the First World War – 250,000 Belgians fled to Britain during the conflict after Germany invaded. But what became of those who made the journey? Researchers have worked to uncover the stories of these people and their experiences. View video transcript.
Litvaks (Yiddish: ליטװאַקעס) or Lita'im (Hebrew: לִיטָאִים) are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent areas of modern-day Russia and Ukraine).
During the First World War it housed refugees from Belgium, leading to the house being popularly called "Belgium House". In the First World War the town of Folkestone in Kent became host to some 65,000 Belgian refugees fleeing the conflict.
Sep 15, 2014 · By Denise Winterman. BBC News Magazine. The UK was home to 250,000 Belgian refugees during World War One, the largest single influx in the country's history. So why did they vanish with little...
Oct 27, 2019 · Back in the 1930s, a prominent family of Litvaks and Klaipėda business owners ‒ the Nafthals ‒ lived in a house on Liepų Street. Nathan was the most successful of the three brothers – even before World War One, he brokered in wood trade and organised timber exports.
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Aug 31, 2014 · An estimated 250,000 refugees arrived in Britain from Belgium at the start of World War One. Among them were widower Louis Bareau and his two children, aged 12 and 13.
