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Portrait of Hinda Sonenson Tawlitski reading a book.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 39228
Portrait of Hinda Sonenson Tawlitski reading a book. Hinda Sonenson, the sister of Moshe Sonenson, was a student in the first class of the female school in Eisiskes. Her husband Rabbi Ben Zion Tawlitski immigrated to the United States. The American Embassy in Warsaw refused to issue her a visa. She and her four children were killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

Portrait of Hinda Sonenson Tawlitski reading a book.

Hinda Sonenson, the sister of Moshe Sonenson, was a student in the first class of the female school in Eisiskes. Her husband Rabbi Ben Zion Tawlitski immigrated to the United States. The American Embassy in Warsaw refused to issue her a visa. She and her four children were killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

Date
1941
Locale
Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale
Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families S
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Arnold Kramer

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
The Shtetl Foundation
Copyright: Agency Agreement
Provenance: Shefsky Family
Source Record ID: RN7-12
Restriction
NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation
 
Record last modified: 2002-11-22 00:00:00
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