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Group portrait of the Assistance Committee responsible for distributing donations of money to Eisiskes from America.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39656

Group portrait of the Assistance Committee responsible for distributing donations of money to Eisiskes from America.

The photo was taken in honor of Aaron-Don Becker (front row, third from left), who in 1920 brought a large donation to the shtetl from the Eishyshker Society in New York. Seated to the right of Aaron-Don is his relative Sarah Kaganowicz, to his left is Hayya Sonenson, head of the Froyen Farain (Union of Women); Libe-Gittel Rudzin; her daughter, Miriam Kaganowicz; and husband Shael, relatives of Aaron-Dan. Also pictured in the photo are members of the Pachianko family, members of the Kahal, and clergy. Standing in the back, between Aaron-Don and Hayya Sonenson, is Reb Hertz Mendl Hutner, the shtetl judge.

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Caption: Group portrait of the Assistance Committee responsible for distributing donations of money to Eisiskes from America.

The photo was taken in honor of Aaron-Don Becker (front row, third from left), who in 1920 brought a large donation to the shtetl from the Eishyshker Society in New York. Seated to the right of Aaron-Don is his relative Sarah Kaganowicz, to his left is Hayya Sonenson, head of the Froyen Farain (Union of Women); Libe-Gittel Rudzin; her daughter, Miriam Kaganowicz; and husband Shael, relatives of Aaron-Dan. Also pictured in the photo are members of the Pachianko family, members of the Kahal, and clergy. Standing in the back, between Aaron-Don and Hayya Sonenson, is Reb Hertz Mendl Hutner, the shtetl judge.
Photographer: Yitzhak Uri Katz
Date: 1920
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: Chinski Family

Source Record ID: RN29-23
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 42
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (POLISH) TOWER OF FACES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families C

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2020-06-17 00:00:00
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