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Esther Moszczenik and her husband Lou Gordon pay a visit from America to her elderly parents in Eisiskes.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 39407
Esther Moszczenik and her husband Lou Gordon pay a visit from America to her elderly parents in Eisiskes. A picture of their son Milton is in the background. Sitting is Reb Dovid "der Kirchier" Moszczenik and his wife Leah. Esther was their oldest daughter. She lived in Boston, Mass. Atara Zimmerman used to spend her summer vacatons with them at their house on the ocean. Reb Dovid died a natural death. His wife Leah was killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

Esther Moszczenik and her husband Lou Gordon pay a visit from America to her elderly parents in Eisiskes.

A picture of their son Milton is in the background. Sitting is Reb Dovid "der Kirchier" Moszczenik and his wife Leah. Esther was their oldest daughter. She lived in Boston, Mass. Atara Zimmerman used to spend her summer vacatons with them at their house on the ocean. Reb Dovid died a natural death. His wife Leah was 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 Z
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: Zimmerman Family
Source Record ID: RN14-35
Restriction
NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation
 
Record last modified: 2002-10-02 00:00:00
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