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A meeting of Betar leaders and counselors in Eisiskes.

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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.

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Caption: 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

Rights & Restrictions

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

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Levinson Family

Source Record ID: RN63-4
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS HUTNER FAMILY (EISISKES) JABOTINSKY, VLADIMIR (PORTRAITS) JEWS (POLISH) KABACZNIK FAMILY (EISISKES) KATZ FAMILY (EISISKES) LEWINSON FAMILY (EISISKES) SCHWARTZ FAMILY (EISISKES) SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS SONENSON FAMILY (EISISKES) TOWER OF FACES TRUMPELDOR, JOSEPH (PORTRAITS) ZIONIST GROUPS (BETAR) ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families G

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2002-09-25 00:00:00
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