A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia.

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(Bergenfield N.J.: Avotaynu Inc.; 2004). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xxiv 600pp.). Some portrait illusts. & a map. Fine. NOTE: Provides information about 25 000 different surnames used by Jews in Galicia. Galicia was a historical and geographic region at the crossroad of Central and Eastern Europe. It became contested ground between Poland and Ruthenia from medieval times and in the 20th century between Poland and Ukraine.