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Studio portrait of the Edelstein family.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39724

Studio portrait of the Edelstein family.

Top row, right to left: two cousins, Freedah Edelstein and Liebaleh Belicki; leaning on her cousin Rochella Belicki, and sitting on the left is Batsheva Edelstein, a sister of Freedah. Freedah was born in 1911. She, her husband, and children were murdered in the September 1941 massacre in Eisiskes. The other three girls were also murdered during the Holocaust. Bat-Shevah was murdered with her fiancee.

Overview

Caption: Studio portrait of the Edelstein family.

Top row, right to left: two cousins, Freedah Edelstein and Liebaleh Belicki; leaning on her cousin Rochella Belicki, and sitting on the left is Batsheva Edelstein, a sister of Freedah. Freedah was born in 1911. She, her husband, and children were murdered in the September 1941 massacre in Eisiskes. The other three girls were also murdered during the Holocaust. Bat-Shevah was murdered with her fiancee.
Photographer: Ben-Zion Szrejder
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: Edelstein Family

Source Record ID: RN40-1
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BELICKI FAMILY (EISISKES) CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH CHILDREN/YOUTH (WHO PERISHED) EDELSTEIN FAMILY (EISISKES) FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (POLISH) STUDIO PORTRAITS TOWER OF FACES YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families E

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2004-11-29 00:00:00
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