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MIROSLAVAS: Alytus raj

Alternate names: Miroslavas [Lith], Miroslav, Мирослав [Rus], Mirosław [Pol], Miraslov, מיראָסלאַוו [Yid], Miroslau, Miroslavo. 54°20' N, 23°54' E, 8 miles SW of Alytus (Olita), 17 miles ENE of Lazdijai (Łoździeje). 1897 Jewish population: 244.

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 831: "Miroslavas".
Lithuanian Jewish Communities (1991), p. 195: "Miroslau (Miroslavas)".
Pinkas HaKehilot, Lithuania (1996), p. 373: "Miroslavas"
Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), VI, p. 497: "Mirosław" #2.

In 1923, 93 homes, 15 shops existed, 13 of them belonging to Jews. In June 1941, German troops killed 42 district residents. On August 8 to eptember Nazi occupation authorities in Alytus ordered the killing of Jews, In March 1944 troops destroyed the town.

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