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Two men play chess while Malka Matikanski looks on.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39713

Two men play chess while Malka Matikanski looks on.

Malka Matikanski sitting in the center and Velvke Kaganowicz is on the right. The man on the left is unidentified. The photograph was taken in the photographer's house on Vilna Street.

Malka Matikanski immigrated to Palestine. Velvke Kaganowicz, his wife and children were murdered by the Germans during the September 1941 killing action in Eisiskes.

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Caption: Two men play chess while Malka Matikanski looks on.

Malka Matikanski sitting in the center and Velvke Kaganowicz is on the right. The man on the left is unidentified. The photograph was taken in the photographer's house on Vilna Street.

Malka Matikanski immigrated to Palestine. Velvke Kaganowicz, his wife and children were murdered by the Germans during the September 1941 killing action in Eisiskes.
Photographer: Rephael Lejbowicz
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: Matikanski Family

Source Record ID: RN38-14
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHESS FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) INTERIORS JEWS (POLISH) KAGANOWICZ FAMILY (EISISKES) MATIKANSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) RECREATION TOWER OF FACES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families M

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

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