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The winter settlement of the "Aliyah" battalion, refugee settlement in Zernovka. With cooperation of Nadav Mann / Bitmuna

The winter settlement of the "Aliyah" battalion, refugee settlement in Žernovka. With cooperation of Nadav Mann / Bitmuna

A young boy in the "Aliyah" battalion settlement in Žernovka. With cooperation of Nadav Mann / Bitmuna

A young boy in the "Aliyah" battalion settlement in Žernovka. With cooperation of Nadav Mann / Bitmuna

Rafi Benshalom – a guide in the "Aliyah" battalion settlement in Žernovka, Czechoslovakia, Rafi, 19 years old. With cooperation of Nadav Mann / Bitmuna

A group of teenage immigrants on their way to Israel, near the Jan Hus monument in Prague, after World War II. With cooperation of Nadav Mann / Bitmuna

from right to left: Moshe Bisliches, Yitzhak Raphael delegate, and Shmuel Bentzur Consule. In support of enlistment and immigration to Israel (Aliyah)

In 1690, Orthodox Jews (primarily from Poland) began settling in Subcarpathia. By 1939, the Jewish community of Munkács made up half of the town’s population and maintained a vibrant life. It drastically changed with the introduction of discriminatory laws, ghettoization. After World War II, the remaining and diminished Jewish population of Subcarpathia faced even greater hardship due to the intensifying antisemitism.

In 1690, Orthodox Jews (primarily from Poland) began settling in Subcarpathia. By 1939, the Jewish community of Munkács made up half of the town’s population and maintained a vibrant life. It drastically changed with the introduction of discriminatory laws, ghettoization. After World War II, the remaining and diminished Jewish population of Subcarpathia faced even greater hardship due to the intensifying antisemitism.

In 1690, Orthodox Jews (primarily from Poland) began settling in Subcarpathia. By 1939, the Jewish community of Munkács made up half of the town’s population and maintained a vibrant life. It drastically changed with the introduction of discriminatory laws, ghettoization. After World War II, the remaining and diminished Jewish population of Subcarpathia faced even greater hardship due to the intensifying antisemitism.