Overview
- Caption
- Group portrait of teenage girls beloning to a social group known as the 21 Club.
In 1921, twenty-one teenage girls, all Hebrew students established an apolitical friendship society and named it Club 21. Their younger sisters decided to establish a similar club, simply named Our Circle. Many of these young women emigrated or moved to larger towns during the 1930s.
Among the Club 21 members: Mattle Sonenson (front right) and her best friend Geneshe Kaganowicz; Zipporah Katz (third row, second from right); Leah Koppelman (top row, fourth from right). - Photographer
- Yitzhak Uri Katz
- Date
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1921 - 1929
- Locale
- Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
- Variant Locale
- Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)
Copyright: Agency AgreementProvenance: Yaffa EliachSource Record ID: RN2-20 - Restriction
- NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (POLISH) KAGANOWICZ FAMILY (EISISKES) KATZ FAMILY (EISISKES) KOPPELMAN FAMILY (EISISKES) SOCIAL CLUBS SONENSON FAMILY (EISISKES) TOWER OF FACES WOMEN YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
- Photo Designation
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LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families E
Administrative Notes
- Artifact Photographer
- Arnold Kramer
- Record last modified:
- 2004-05-10 00:00:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1124521