Class of the Mosaisk Drengeskole (Mosaic Boys School) in Copenhagen.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 90052

Overview

Caption: Class of the Mosaisk Drengeskole (Mosaic Boys School) in Copenhagen.

In the center is the principal, Harry Pihler. Among the students pictured are front row: Harry Rubin (far left); second row: James Feder (far left), Katznelson (second from left), Skolnik (third from right), Milan Goldberger (far right); third row: Marcus Jakubson (left).

The Mosaic School for Boys and the Caroline School for Girls were established in the beginning of the nineteenth century for the purpose of acculturating the children of Russian Jewish immigrants into Danish culture. Though most of the teachers were not Jewish, the school also taught Jewish history and religion.
Date: 1939
Locale: Copenhagen, Denmark
Variant Locale: Kobenhavn
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Leo Goldberger

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Leo Goldberger

Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (DANISH) SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Denmark