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Sara Leah Slepak stands next to her baby brother in his carriage.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 40441

Sara Leah Slepak stands next to her baby brother in his carriage.

The children were murdered by the Germans in the September 1941 mass killing action in Eisiskes.

Overview

Caption: Sara Leah Slepak stands next to her baby brother in his carriage.

The children were murdered by the Germans in the September 1941 mass killing action in Eisiskes.
Photographer: Ben-Zion Szrejder
Date: 1941
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: Slepak Family

Source Record ID: RN57-17
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BABY CARRIAGES/STROLLERS CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH CHILDREN/YOUTH (WHO PERISHED) FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) JEWS (POLISH) SLEPAK FAMILY (EISISKES) TOWER OF FACES TOYS/BALLS/GAMES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families S

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

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