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Staff of the soup kitchen in Eisiskes.

Photograph | 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.

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 Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families H
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: 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
 
Record last modified: 2002-09-25 00:00:00
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