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Submitted by Jane Willner

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 3/11/2026 2:31 PM
Family Surname: Kalman Wolinsky
Country: Poland
Date of Image: During WWI ?
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This caption appears on the back of a photo of soldiers in the Polish army during WWI. The photo was in an album that is over 100 years old so the backing obsures some of the writing. I believe it is written in Yiddish. Several years ago I posted the front of this photo and asked if anyone could identify the army the soldiers may have been in. Was told it was probably Polish conscripts. Kalman Wolinsky is my grandmother's brother and this photo was sent to her. Thank you.

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3/13/2026 4:08 AM No idea what first line says/means. Transliterated something like "ada/aba shleil in ?shveitu? (=shveitz/switzerland???) ??zein/zman(=time)??"

Line 2: _______ _____(אייך=you?) the cold, the
Line 3: first one, ?how/where? we start _______ (לייגל??)
Line 4: ?from/of? ?אנייבס/anibes?, from me Kalman Wolinsky
3/14/2026 8:50 PM Top probably where it was taken
Ada Shleif in Shvitin is

I'm on the card the first where you start Lei_
is on top of me Kalman Valinsky
3/14/2026 8:53 PM its clearly card not cold

probably its Leibel (name)is on top

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