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The charred remains of Jews who were killed during the liquidation of the Kovno ghetto.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 37884

The charred remains of Jews who were killed during the liquidation of the Kovno ghetto.

Overview

Caption: The charred remains of Jews who were killed during the liquidation of the Kovno ghetto.
Photographer: George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin
Date: August 1944 - September 1944
Locale: Kaunas, Lithuania
Variant Locale: Kauen
Kovno
Kowno
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin

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Photo Source: USHMM (Restricted)

Copyright: Exclusively with provenance

Provenance: George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CORPSES GHETTO/OCCUPATION HUMAN REMAINS JEWS (LITHUANIAN) KOVNO
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- KOVNO (Lithuania) -- Destruction/Aftermath -- Victims/Burial

Record last modified:: 2006-01-31 00:00:00
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