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Divin

Overview
From about 1500 until World War II, the town currently known as Dywin , Belarus, contained a thriving Jewish community. These pages are an effort to recall that community.

Divin is about 60 km (38 mi) south-east of Brest
Map: Based on inter-war Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny 300K scale maps,
courtesy of mapywig.org

A small portion of a 1:100k scale 1930's Polish military map,
courtesy of mapywig.org

Divin circa 1915.
Courtesy of: Tomek Wisniewski Collection

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