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Studio portrait of three young Jewish women in Eisiskes.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39332

Studio portrait of three young Jewish women in Eisiskes.

Pictured from right to left are Gitta Oshochowski, Dora Zlotnik and Mira Iasinowski. The photograph was taken on the occasion of Dora's departure for Palestine.
Gitta and her family were killed in the Lida ghetto on May 8, 1942.

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Caption: Studio portrait of three young Jewish women in Eisiskes.

Pictured from right to left are Gitta Oshochowski, Dora Zlotnik and Mira Iasinowski. The photograph was taken on the occasion of Dora's departure for Palestine.
Gitta and her family were killed in the Lida ghetto on May 8, 1942.
Date: 1931
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: RN9-71
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 502
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH CLOSE-UPS IASINOWSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) JEWS (POLISH) OSHOCHOWSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) STUDIO PORTRAITS TOWER OF FACES WOMEN YOUTH (13-20 YEARS) ZLOTNIK FAMILY (EISISKES)
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families B

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2004-05-10 00:00:00
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