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Two men play chess while Malka Matikanski looks on.

Photograph | 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.

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