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Jewish kindergarten teacher, Rachel Kaleko, poses with her pupils, who are dressed in costumes for a Purim play.

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Jewish kindergarten teacher, Rachel Kaleko, poses with her pupils, who are dressed in costumes for a Purim play.

Rachel Kaleko founded the Gani Hebrew kindergarten in Eisiskes. She immigrated to Palestine in the early 1930s.

Overview

Caption: Jewish kindergarten teacher, Rachel Kaleko, poses with her pupils, who are dressed in costumes for a Purim play.

Rachel Kaleko founded the Gani Hebrew kindergarten in Eisiskes. She immigrated to Palestine in the early 1930s.
Photographer: Yitzhak Uri Katz
Date: Circa 1930 - 1933
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: Kaleko-Barkali Family

Source Record ID: RN18-66
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 478
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH COSTUMES GROUP PORTRAITS JEWISH HOLIDAYS JEWISH HOLIDAYS (PURIM) JEWS (POLISH) KALEKO FAMILY (EISISKES) KINDERGARTENS/PRE-SCHOOL PERFORMANCES (CHILDREN'S) PERFORMANCES/PERFORMERS SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES STUDIO PORTRAITS TOWER OF FACES WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families K

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2004-05-18 00:00:00
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