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Milan Chersonski: 1937 – 2021

Posted on 14 April 2021 by Defending History

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Milan Chersonski

2 Sept. 1937 – 14 April 2021

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From his dozen years as editor of the Lithuanian Jewish Community’s former quadrilingual newspaper, Jerusalem of Lithuania

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His 80th Birthday celebration in Vilnius

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