Group portrait of members of an Akiva Zionist youth hachshara [agricultural collective] that had moved to Vilna after the German occupation of Poland.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 30332

Overview

Caption: Group portrait of members of an Akiva Zionist youth hachshara [agricultural collective] that had moved to Vilna after the German occupation of Poland.

Among those pictured are Dov Kipnis, David Berger, Tova Maunter, Aaron Kaufman, and Huma Dank. All but ten perished during the war. Of those who survived, only four reached Palestine.
Date: 1940 March 24
Locale: Vilnius, Lithuania
Variant Locale: Lithuania
Wilno
Wilna
Vilna
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Nava Schreiber

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Nava Schreiber

Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH GROUP PORTRAITS HACHSHAROT (ZIONIST COLLECTIVES) JEWS (POLISH) REFUGEES (JEWISH) WOMEN YOUTH (13-20 YEARS) ZIONIST GROUPS (AKIVA) ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: JEWISH REFUGEES: SEARCH FOR SAFE HAVENS (1933-1945) -- Emigration/Refugee Assistance -- In Lithuania/Soviet-occupied Poland