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Studio portrait of Dovid Elhanan Moszczenik, a Jewish builder in Eisiskes.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 40392
Studio portrait of Dovid Elhanan Moszczenik, a Jewish builder in Eisiskes. Like others in the construction business in Eisiskes, Moszczenik, known as "Honeh the builder," worked only from May to September. During the long winter he studied religious texts in the old Beit Midrash (house of study). He was killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

Studio portrait of Dovid Elhanan Moszczenik, a Jewish builder in Eisiskes.

Like others in the construction business in Eisiskes, Moszczenik, known as "Honeh the builder," worked only from May to September. During the long winter he studied religious texts in the old Beit Midrash (house of study). He was killed by the Germans during the September 1941 mass shooting action in Eisiskes.

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
Copyright: Agency Agreement
Provenance: Moszczenik Family
Source Record ID: RN53-19
Restriction
NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation
 
Record last modified: 2001-09-25 00:00:00
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