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  • The city is called Lwow in Polish, Leopol in latinized

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • The previous inhabitants fled to West Germany, and the areas was resettled, largely with Poles from the eastern reaches of the old Poland – my understanding is that the faculty of the University of Lwow (modern Lviv) moved en masse to Wroclaw (the previously German city of Breslau) and reformed there.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Ghosts of the Past 2009

  • As the commenter who mentioned the University of Lwow (Lviv) reconstituting itself in Wroclaw pointed out, this is most likely untrue.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Ghosts of the Past 2009

  • Lwow will become little more than a camp anyway.”

    Heroic 2010

  • It was December when Meir came into Lwow, around the time that the selections began.

    Heroic 2010

  • Before the capitulation of Lwow, when there was no Judenrat or guerrilla force in the forest outside, my father and his brother had been partners in their business.

    Heroic 2010

  • WITKACY's recent Fear and Loathing in Lwow, on the other hand, impressed him greatly with its "bad craziness", and Lem now considers himself a part of the growing Gonszo School of modern Polish literature.

    DBTL 20: Where Are They Now? - 1945 Johnny Pez 2009

  • WITKACY's recent Fear and Loathing in Lwow, on the other hand, impressed him greatly with its "bad craziness", and Lem now considers himself a part of the growing Gonszo School of modern Polish literature.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Born in 1920 in Lwow, Poland now L'viv, Ukraine, Władysław Dyda was in the part of Poland occupied by Stalin in September 1939.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Hey, P, branch-out: for non-Ukranian speaking folks you can link to other Lwow/Lviv/Leopolis/etc photo sites I sent to you and others originally.

    languagehat.com: JOYCE CONCORDANCE. 2004

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