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Members of the Kaganov family pose on a sidewalk in Grodno.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39779

Members of the Kaganov family pose on a sidewalk in Grodno.

From right to left Judith (Yonah) Szyszenski Kaganov, her husband Szymen Kaganov, Reb Reuven Kaganov and Ida Kanichowski Kaganov. Reb Reuven Kaganov died a natural death. Ida Kaganov was murdered by Poles and her two children. Szymen Kaganov and his wife Judith (Yonah), and son Yaakov immigrated to Palestine.

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Caption: Members of the Kaganov family pose on a sidewalk in Grodno.

From right to left Judith (Yonah) Szyszenski Kaganov, her husband Szymen Kaganov, Reb Reuven Kaganov and Ida Kanichowski Kaganov. Reb Reuven Kaganov died a natural death. Ida Kaganov was murdered by Poles and her two children. Szymen Kaganov and his wife Judith (Yonah), and son Yaakov immigrated to Palestine.
Date: 1928
Locale: Grodno, [Belarus] Poland
Variant Locale: Hurodno
Gardinas
Belarus
Hrodna
Grodne
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: Wiszik Family

Source Record ID: RN46-17
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ELDERLY FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (POLISH) KAGANOV FAMILY (EISISKES) STREET SCENES TOWER OF FACES WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families W

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2004-02-17 00:00:00
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