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1052:Gmina Sidra
1032:Gmina Janów
916:As well as:
834:18 December
771:28 November
767:(in Polish)
765:isokolka.eu
687:Šalčininkai
655:Sokółka is
615:S19 highway
526:death camps
518:Polish Jews
463:World War I
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47:St. Anthony
1575:Categories
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