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Submitted by Michelle Sokol Bratsafolis

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Other
Approval Date: 4/21/2024 1:30 PM
Family Surname: Sokol
Town: Rome, Italy
Date of Image: 1946-47
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I believe this is an inscription on the back of what we would now think of as a high school yearbook picture. I can't recognize the language from the inscription, but imagine that it would beg either Italian, Polish or Russian. My father attended high school in Italy, was born in Russia, and lived in Poland during several WW II years.

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On  Response 
4/21/2024 8:49 PM to a (boy) friend from a (girl) friend
[general encouraging dedication]
4/25/2024 3:56 AM This is Russian:
Don't limit your life only to the circle of your own joy and sorrow. There are a lot of good and wonderful things in life, you only have to be able to see it.
In the corner: For memory to a friend from [she]friend.
At bottom left in Latin: town name or signature, maybe Regina?

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