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Staff of the soup kitchen in Eisiskes.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39663

Staff of the soup kitchen in Eisiskes.

The soup kitchen was established during World War I to prevent large-scale starvation and served both Jews and non-Jews. It also was the town's first coed voluntary society.

Among those pictured are Meir Kiuchefski, Maneh Michalowski, the Lewinson sisters, Zivia Hutner, and members of the Sonenson, Abelowicz and Schneider families.

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Caption: Staff of the soup kitchen in Eisiskes.

The soup kitchen was established during World War I to prevent large-scale starvation and served both Jews and non-Jews. It also was the town's first coed voluntary society.

Among those pictured are Meir Kiuchefski, Maneh Michalowski, the Lewinson sisters, Zivia Hutner, and members of the Sonenson, Abelowicz and Schneider families.
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: Hunter-Hadash Family

Source Record ID: RN28-14
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 220
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ABELOWICZ FAMILY (EISISKES) FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS HUTNER FAMILY (EISISKES) JEWS (POLISH) KITCHENS/SOUP KITCHENS KIUCHEFSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) LEWINSON FAMILY (EISISKES) MICHALOWSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) SCHNEIDER FAMILY (EISISKES) SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS SONENSON FAMILY (EISISKES) STARS OF DAVID TOWER OF FACES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families H

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2002-09-25 00:00:00
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