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Vilhjálmur Örn Vilhjálmsson

The day two Toronto soldiers based in Iceland attend a unique Yom Kippur service during the Second World War

September 9, 2015 2 Comments

Photo by Ellin Bessner A great surprise this week in the Canadian Jewish News edition of September 10, 2015 devoted…

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Filed under: canadian jewish news, Dieppe, Dunkirk, Hendrik Ottosson, iceland, Ontario Jewish Archives, reykjavik, Royal Regiment of Canada, Sigurður Guðmundsson, Vilhjálmur Örn Vilhjálmsson, Yom Kippur

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