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Two young Jewish cousins play in the snow in Eisiskes.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 39801

Two young Jewish cousins play in the snow in Eisiskes.

Pictured is Mtele Kaganov pulling his cousin, Yankele Kaganov on a sled in the backyard of the home of Shaina Blacharowicz. An adult relative supervises the two children.

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Caption: Two young Jewish cousins play in the snow in Eisiskes.

Pictured is Mtele Kaganov pulling his cousin, Yankele Kaganov on a sled in the backyard of the home of Shaina Blacharowicz. An adult relative supervises the two children.
Date: Circa 1934
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: Wiszik Family

Source Record ID: RN46-40
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: ANIMALS ANIMALS (HORSES) CHILDREN (0-3 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) JEWS (POLISH) KAGANOV FAMILY (EISISKES) SLEDS/SLEDDING TOWER OF FACES WINTER SCENES WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families W

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Ben-Zion Szrejder

Record last modified:: 2004-05-18 00:00:00
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