Portrait of Gedalia Ginunski, a cantor from Eisiskes who was a performer in the Vilna Hazzanim (cantors) Quartet.
Overview
- Caption
- Portrait of Gedalia Ginunski, a cantor from Eisiskes who was a performer in the Vilna Hazzanim (cantors) Quartet.
- Date
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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
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The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)
Copyright: Agency AgreementProvenance: Ginunski FamilySource Record ID: RN36-6 - Restriction
- NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Artifact Photographer
- Arnold Kramer
- Biography
- Gedalia Ginunski was a cantor in the Beth Midrash in Eisiskes as well as in the shtetl of Astrin. He also was a member of the Vilna Hazzanim (cantors) Quartet. Together with his wife and children, Gedalia was deported to Auschwitz, where he was forced to perform for the Germans. After an injury to his foot, he was sent to the gas chambers. His wife and children also perished.
- Record last modified:
- 2002-08-27 00:00:00
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