Three boys pose on the steps of the Botwinik house.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 38953

Overview

Caption: Three boys pose on the steps of the Botwinik house.

(front to back): Avraham Botwinik, Avigdor Katz, and Moshe Bastunski. Sitting in the back is Yitzhak Sonenson.

Moshe and Avigdor were murdered by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes; Avraham immigrated to America, and Yitzhak immigrated to Israel.
Photographer: Ben-Zion Szrejder
Date: Circa 1939
Locale: Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale: Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation

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

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Sonenson Family

Source Record ID: RN1-44
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keyword: BASTUNSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) BOTWINIK FAMILY (EISISKES) CHILDREN/YOUTH EXTERIORS FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) HOMES (PRIVATE JEWISH) JEWS (POLISH) KATZ FAMILY (EISISKES) SONENSON FAMILY (EISISKES) TOWER OF FACES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families S