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Portrait of Eliyahu Berkowicz in the forest near Eisiskes.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39300

Portrait of Eliyahu Berkowicz in the forest near Eisiskes.

Eliyahu Berkowicz, the youngest of the six brothers, was denied a certificate to immigrate to Palestine, where he hoped to join his brothers. He was killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

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Caption: Portrait of Eliyahu Berkowicz in the forest near Eisiskes.

Eliyahu Berkowicz, the youngest of the six brothers, was denied a certificate to immigrate to Palestine, where he hoped to join his brothers. He was killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.
Photographer: Ben-Zion Szrejder
Date: 1941
Locale: Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale: Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Berkowitz Family

Source Record ID: RN9-38
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BERKOWICZ FAMILY (EISISKES) CHILDREN/YOUTH CHILDREN/YOUTH (WHO PERISHED) FORESTS JEWS (POLISH) TOWER OF FACES YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families B

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2008-12-15 00:00:00
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