POLICE WERE SEARCHING TODAY FOR PERSONS WHO MASSACRED A JEWISH FAMILY OF FIVE AND A VISITOR IN THE TOWN OF IWACEWICZE, IN THE BRZESC (BREST-LITOVSK) DISTRICT. THOSE MURDERED WERE ABRAHAM SOKOLOWSKY, HIS WIFE, A SIX-WEEKS-OLD SON, THE FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW AND A GIRL WHO WAS STAYING WITH THE FAMILY.
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