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Two friends shake hands in front of a wooden wall.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39287

Two friends shake hands in front of a wooden wall.

Naftali Berkowitch is on the right and Israel Pogarelski on the left. Naftali immigrated to Palestine.

Overview

Caption: Two friends shake hands in front of a wooden wall.

Naftali Berkowitch is on the right and Israel Pogarelski on the left. Naftali immigrated to Palestine.
Photographer: Yitzhak Uri Katz
Date: 1930
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: The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Berkowitz Family

Source Record ID: RN9-24
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BERKOWICZ FAMILY (EISISKES) CLOSE-UPS FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) HANDSHAKING JEWS (POLISH) POGARELSKY FAMILY (EISISKES) TOWER OF FACES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families B

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2002-11-18 00:00:00
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