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Members of the Hehalutz hachshara in Oszmiana saw wood in the lumberyard.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 40785

Members of the Hehalutz hachshara in Oszmiana saw wood in the lumberyard.

Overview

Caption: Members of the Hehalutz hachshara in Oszmiana saw wood in the lumberyard.
Date: 1941
Locale: Oszmiana, [Belarus; Molodechno] Poland
Variant Locale: Oshmyany
Belarus
Asmena
Oschmjany
Ozmiana
Oczmiana
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: Avrahami Family

Source Record ID: RN72-21
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH HACHSHAROT (ZIONIST COLLECTIVES) JEWS (POLISH) TOWER OF FACES WINTER SCENES WOMEN WOOD/LUMBER/LUMBERYARDS YOUTH (13-20 YEARS) ZIONIST GROUPS (HEHALUTZ) ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families A

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer
Biography: Sara Avrahami (born Sara Plotnik) is the daughter of Eliyahu Plotnik She had twin sisters, Breine and Mikhele. Sara studied nursing in Vilna and joined a Hehalutz hachshara, "Shaharia" in Oszmiana to prepare for immigration to Palestine. In 1938 she married another member of the hachshara, Pesach Abrahamson (later Avrahami), and they immigrated to Palestine shortly thereafter. Sara's father, sisters and most of her friends from Hehalutz were killed during the September 1941 massacre.

Record last modified:: 2004-02-12 00:00:00
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