Overview
- Description
- Matted and framed black-and-white photograph taken by Symche Lazar, 1942, in Suchwola, Poland. Caption: "Photo of Aron Hakodesh from the historic synagogue in Suchowola Poland, donated to the synagogue by Shlomo Ben Mordechai in the year 1790, in memory of his family. Destroyed by the Nazis in 1942."
- Date
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1942
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Symche Lazar
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Suchowola (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Mr. Symche Lazar
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 12:50:31
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Also in Symche Lazar collection
Contains photographs, documents, and publications related to the Holocaust experiences of Symche Lazar. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Symche Lazar photograph
Document
Matted and framed black-and-white photograph taken by Symche Lazar, 1942, in Suchwola, Poland. Caption: "The old cemetery in Suchowola Poland, the tomb stones and stone fence destroyed by the Nazis in 1942."
Symche Lazar photograph
Document
Matted and framed black-and-white photograph taken by Symche Lazar, 1942, in Suchwola, Poland. Caption: "The historic synagogue in Suchowola Poland, destroyed by the Nazis in 1942."
Partisans photograph
Document
Image of group of partisans with rifles. Inscription: "A group of Jewish Partisan's who fought the Nazi Germans in the forest of Nalibok in Poland in World War II."
"Jurban Sujovole"
Document
Contains a 72-page booklet entitled "Jurban Suchowoli" (Ḥurbn Sukhovolie : le-zikoron fun a Yidish shtetl tsvishn Bialistok un Grodne; "The Destruction of Sukhovoliye: In Memory of a Jewish Town Between Bialistok and Grodno"), written by Symche Lazar in 1946, in Cremone, Italy, but published in Mexico in 1947 by members of a group of former residents of Sukhovoliye, Poland.
Symche Lazar testimony
Document
Contains a written testimony about a pogrom against the Jewish community of Suchavolle by Polish neighbors.
