Kovno
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Barak survived after he was smuggled in a sack to another part of Kovno, and then sheltered by Lithuanian farmers.
From New York Times
In the Kovno ghetto in central Lithuania, the rabbi reluctantly told the leaders to draw up a list and save as many lives as possible, even though many others would be sacrificed.
From Washington Post
Driving along the highway from Vilna to Kovno to see the place where my family was saved, I couldn’t help but wonder: How did my grandfather get there?
From New York Times
For example, Zvi Kadushin, an underground photographer in the Kovno ghetto, did so at great personal risk and produced essential documentation as a result.
From Washington Times
He was arrested in Kovno, in 1885, for his membership in the Proletariat Party, a social-revolutionary group, and sentenced, without trial, to exile in Siberia for five years.
From The New Yorker
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