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Portrait of Noah Strauss in the Kovno Ghetto.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 12420
Portrait of Noah Strauss in the Kovno Ghetto. Before the war, Noah was a clerk in the Central Bank of Kovno. During the Slobodka pogroms in June 1941, Lithuanian partisans fired shots into his home. His mother Yentl was killed, and Noah lost his left arm. In June 1944, Noah was deported to Dachau where he perished shortly before liberation.

Portrait of Noah Strauss in the Kovno Ghetto.

Before the war, Noah was a clerk in the Central Bank of Kovno. During the Slobodka pogroms in June 1941, Lithuanian partisans fired shots into his home. His mother Yentl was killed, and Noah lost his left arm. In June 1944, Noah was deported to Dachau where he perished shortly before liberation.

Photographer
George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin
Date
1941 - 1943
Locale
Kaunas, Lithuania
Variant Locale
Kauen
Kovno
Kowno
Photo Designation
GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- KOVNO (Lithuania) -- Daily Life -- Families/Portraits/Homes
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Edward Owen

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
USHMM (Restricted)
Copyright: Exclusively with provenance
Provenance: George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin
Source Record ID: Collections: CR 1503.032
Published Source
Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Little, Brown and Company - p.122
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-16 00:00:00
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