The founders and leaders of the Betar movement in Eisiskes pose for a farewell photo in honor of the departure of Shaul Berkowicz for Palestine and Faivl Glombocki for Argentina.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 40404

Overview

Caption: The founders and leaders of the Betar movement in Eisiskes pose for a farewell photo in honor of the departure of Shaul Berkowicz for Palestine and Faivl Glombocki for Argentina.

Shaul Berkowicz (seated, right) Faivl Glombocki (seated, left). Standing (right to left) Meir Shimon Politacki, Shepske Sonenson and Zvi Hirshke Schwartz.

Meir Shimon was captured and presumably killed by the Germans while serving in the Polish army. Shepske and Zvi Hirshke were murdered in the September 1941 massacre. Shaul and Faivl reunited in Israel fifty-five years after they left Eisiskes.
Photographer: Alte Katz
Date: 1930 June 10
Locale: Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
Variant Locale: Eishyshok
Eshishuk
Eyshishkes
Ejszyszki
Eishishkes
Lithuania
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation

Photo Source: The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Glombocki Family

Source Record ID: RN54-16
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 506
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keyword: BERKOWICZ FAMILY (EISISKES) CHILDREN/YOUTH FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GLOMBOCKI FAMILY (EISISKES) GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (POLISH) POLITACKI FAMILY (EISISKES) SCHWARTZ FAMILY (EISISKES) SONENSON FAMILY (EISISKES) STUDIO PORTRAITS TOWER OF FACES YOUTH (13-20 YEARS) ZIONIST GROUPS (BETAR) ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families G