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A shtetl (Yiddish: שטעטל, щетл) is a small Jewish town or village in Eastern Europe.

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    A Jewish wedding with a Klezmer band in a shtetl, by Isaak Asknaziy

  • Map showing percentage of Jews in the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland, c. 1905

    Map showing percentage of Jews in the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland, c. 1905

  • Reconstruction of a shtetl in the South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town

    A reconstruction of a traditional Jewish shtetl in the South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town as it would have appeared in Lithuania.

  • Interior of a wooden dwelling in a traditional Lithuanian shtetl, reconstructed in the South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town

    Interior of a wooden dwelling in a traditional Lithuanian shtetl, reconstructed in the South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town.

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