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Bluma Zlotnik Michalowski (left) with Menuha Zlotnik Sheshko.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39299

Bluma Zlotnik Michalowski (left) with Menuha Zlotnik Sheshko.

Menuha died in childbirth. Bluma was killed by Lithuanian collaborators as she tried to escape the September 1941 massacre in Eisiskes.

Overview

Caption: Bluma Zlotnik Michalowski (left) with Menuha Zlotnik Sheshko.

Menuha died in childbirth. Bluma was killed by Lithuanian collaborators as she tried to escape the September 1941 massacre in Eisiskes.
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

Rights & Restrictions

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

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Berkowitz Family

Source Record ID: RN9-37
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

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

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2002-10-02 00:00:00
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