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Portrait of the Jewish actress Szeina Katzenelenboigen.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39782

Portrait of the Jewish actress Szeina Katzenelenboigen.

Szeina Katzenelenboigen, who was one of the leading personalities of the Eisiskes theater, was fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Polish and German. She owned a hotel in Eisiskes, which the Gestapo took over as their headquarters during the German occupation. Szena was killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

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Caption: Portrait of the Jewish actress Szeina Katzenelenboigen.

Szeina Katzenelenboigen, who was one of the leading personalities of the Eisiskes theater, was fluent in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Polish and German. She owned a hotel in Eisiskes, which the Gestapo took over as their headquarters during the German occupation. Szena was killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.
Photographer: I. Kendel
Date: 1941
Locale: Bialystok, [Bialystok] Poland
Variant Locale: Belostok
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: RN46-21
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 537
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ACTORS/ACTRESSES CLOSE-UPS JEWS (POLISH) KATZENELENBOIGEN FAMILY (EISISKES) STUDIO PORTRAITS TOWER OF FACES WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families W

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2001-09-25 00:00:00
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