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A meeting of Betar leaders and counselors in Eisiskes.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 40594

A meeting of Betar leaders and counselors in Eisiskes.

On the wall the photo on the right is of Joseph Trumpeldor, and the photo on the left is of Vladimir Jabotinsky. Top row: third from right: Zvi Hirshke Schwartz and sixth from right: Shepske (Shabtai) Sonenson Seated second from right is Rachel Lewinson, third from right is Shoshana Hutner Hinski, sixth from the right is Shoshana Katz and on the far left is Miriam Kabacznik.


Rachel Lewinson and Shoshana Hutner Hinski immigrated to Palestine. Miriam Kabacznik survived the Holocaust in hiding. Shepshke (Shabtai) Sonenson, Zvi Hishke Schwartz and Shoshana Katz were murdered in the September 1941 massacre.

Photographer
Alte Katz
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
 
Record last modified: 2002-09-25 00:00:00
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