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OCR: Before World War Dovhe was Iocated in the Czechoslovakian section of the Car pathian mountain region, near the borders of Hungary and Poland. Dovhe's popuiation of 5,000 residents was diverse composed of peopie with Czech Siovak Hungarian, and Ukrainian backgrounds About percent of 730 them were Jewish. The people of Dovhe worked in two factories or in small iocal businesses Every Wednesday was market day when the peasants from the countryside would bring vegetables and iivestock and the peopie of Dovhe pinoM set up their wares to sell and barter The community 105 Jewish famiii ies was highiy orqanized Nearly all were Orthodox. foilowing the traditions of their ancest tors, who settied in the area in the mid-19th century. The chiidren were sent to heder traditi ional religious elementary s ...