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A group of young people in Eisiskes.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 39164

A group of young people in Eisiskes.

Back row from right to left: Shepske (Shabtai) Sonenson, Zlatke Kaganovicz, Zvi Hirshke Schwartz. Second row from top, right to left: Hayyim Bussel, his wife Golde Kabacznik Bussel, Rochel Mackewicz and Shepske (Shabtai) Kabacznik. Third row from top, right to left: Motke Kaganowicz, Malka Nochomwicz, Esther (Etele) Katz Resnik, Shaul Berkowitch and Malka Matikanski. Sitting in front row, right to left: Hannah Krisilov and Dov (Berele) Wolotzki.

Shaul Berkowitch and Malka Matikanski immigrated to Palestine. Esther (Etele) Katz Resnik immigrated to Colombia, South America. Dov (Berele) Wolotzki survived Dachau. Shepske (Shabtai) Kabacznik survived the Holocaust in hiding. Hayyim and Golde Bussel were murdered outside of Eisiskes with their children. Rochel Mackewicz was murdered in an unknown location. All the others were killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

Photographer
Ben-Zion Szrejder
Date
1941
Locale
Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale
Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation
 
Record last modified: 2002-09-25 00:00:00
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