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June 17, 1926
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(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

A moving picture depicting the fights between the Bolsheviks and the Petlura forces in the Ukraine has been completed by the scenario writer, Lipshitz.

The film was based on historic documents and statements of those who participated on both sides of the struggle. The scenes were enacted in the actual places where the pogroms occurred. Petlura. Tiutiunik and other leaders of pogrom bands are pictured in the film.

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