- Vilnius - Wikipedia
The form Vilna made its way into Western European languages and for a long time served as the standard designation for the city of Vilnius, especially in historical and diplomatic texts
- Vilna | Holocaust Encyclopedia
Poland and Lithuania both claimed Vilna (Vilnius) after World War I Polish forces occupied Vilna in 1920, and before the outbreak of World War II, the city of Vilna was part of northeastern Poland
- The Story of the Jewish Community of Vilna | Yad Vashem
Approximately 60,000 Jews lived in Vilna at the time, constituting 30% of the total population The community of Vilna, which had flourished for centuries, was decimated during World War II
- Vilna - Jewish History
Once called the Jerusalem of Lithuania, the city of Vilna was a vibrant center of Jewish life for centuries until the Nazis wiped it out in the Holocaust
- Vilnius | History, Map, Points of Interest | Britannica
In 1795 Vilnius passed to Russia in the Third Partition of Poland, where it became the capital of Vilna Governorate During this time of Russian imperial rule, it became a locus of both Polish national aspirations and the nascent Lithuanian nationalist movement
- Vilna - Jewish Virtual Library
Vilna was a world center for Yiddish culture, and a Yiddish daily and evening press, numerous weekly and other political, literary, educational, and scientific journals were published there
- The Vilna Shul | A Place for Everyone to Connect with Jewish Culture
The last-remaining immigrant era synagogue building in Boston and now serves as a center for Jewish culture and communal engagement
- Sites in Vilna — Association of Jews of Vilna and vicinity in Israel
Below is a list of noteworthy historical sites in Jewish Vilna that no longer exist today: synagogues, the Strashun library, theatres, cemeteries etc There is also a list of sites that were built in Vilna after the war
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