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Revolver transferred by Yitzhak Wittenberg, commander of the Vilna Ghetto underground, to Abba Kovner

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A revolver transferred by Yitzhak Wittenberg, commander of the Vilna Ghetto underground, to his deputy, Abba Kovner, before he was forced to give himself up to the Germans in July 1943. Abba Kovner carried the revolver as a partisan, and after the liberation, when he was an activist in the Bericha organization -“The Flight” from Europe.
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Guns, Pistols
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Vitka Kovner
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7583/1-3
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7288703
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Wilno
Wilno
Wilno
Poland
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