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Rabbi Szymen Rozowski

Photograph | Photograph Number: 39671
Rabbi Szymen Rozowski Rabbi Szymen Rozowski (1874-1941) was an ardent religious Zionist leader, a member of the Mizrahi movement, and the beloved last rabbi of Eisiskes. During the September 1941 massacre, Rabbi Rozowski was kept alive on the edge of the mass graves so that he would witness the murder of each member of his community. After the murder of the last person, the rabbi was buried alive.

Rabbi Szymen Rozowski

Rabbi Szymen Rozowski (1874-1941) was an ardent religious Zionist leader, a member of the Mizrahi movement, and the beloved last rabbi of Eisiskes. During the September 1941 massacre, Rabbi Rozowski was kept alive on the edge of the mass graves so that he would witness the murder of each member of his community. After the murder of the last person, the rabbi was buried alive.

Photographer
Ben-Zion Szrejder
Date
1941
Locale
Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale
Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families R
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: Razowski Family
Source Record ID: RN34-1
Published Source
There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 91
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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