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Students at the Yaffskaya Shkola, a school for girls founded circa 1911.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 40731

Students at the Yaffskaya Shkola, a school for girls founded circa 1911.

The school's official languages were Russian and German, with courses in Yiddish. Sitting in the center is the founder, Mrs. Yaffe. To her left is Zipporah Lubetski. Zipporah and her sisters emigrated to Palestine and America, as did a few other girls in the photo. Also pictured are two Kanichowsk sisters (possibly Kreinele and Gutke). The majority of the girls were murdered by the Germans during the September 1941 mass killing action in Eisiskes and other locations.

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Caption: Students at the Yaffskaya Shkola, a school for girls founded circa 1911.

The school's official languages were Russian and German, with courses in Yiddish. Sitting in the center is the founder, Mrs. Yaffe. To her left is Zipporah Lubetski. Zipporah and her sisters emigrated to Palestine and America, as did a few other girls in the photo. Also pictured are two Kanichowsk sisters (possibly Kreinele and Gutke). The majority of the girls were murdered by the Germans during the September 1941 mass killing action in Eisiskes and other locations.
Photographer: Yitzhak Uri Katz
Date: 1921
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: Tokatli Family

Source Record ID: RN65-3
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 463
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS INTERIORS JEWS (POLISH) LUBETSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES TOWER OF FACES WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families T

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2022-05-02 00:00:00
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