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Surnames:Cities, towns, and shtetls:
 Altschul Kaun,  
 Bass  
 Galon Lutz, 
 Gertsberg Rady, 
 Gouline Lutz, 
 Highstein Birz, 
 Kats Varn, 
 Khait Pump, Birz, Link, Vask, Pasv, 
 Khazan Varn, 
 Kreiger Krek, Birz, Link, Vask, Pasv, 
 Musicant Pump, 
 Oks Krem, Rady, Lutz, 
 Paliukar Pump, 
 Shenker Link,  Vask , Varn, 
 Shkurnik Krem,  Lutz, 
 Snyder Past,  Kaun, 
 Zaidel Pump, 
 Birzai, Lithuania Birz, Memorial, 
 Kaunas, Lithuania Kaun, 
 Krekenava, Lithuania Krek, 
 Linkova, Lithuania Link, 
 Pasvalys, Lithuania Pasv, 
 Pasvitinys, Lithuania Past, 
 Pumpėnai, Lithuania Pump, 
 Vashki, Lithuania Vash, 
 Varniai, Lithuania Varn, 

 Brody, Ukraine 		 
 Kremenets, Ukraine Krem, 
 Lutzk, Ukraine Lutz, 
 Radyvyliv, Ukraine Rady, 
 Rivne, Ukraine  
 Shunsk, Ukraine  
 
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