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Etchke Jurdyczanski (right) stands next to his friend Shmuel Berkowicz in front of Rephael Lejbowicz's photography studio on Vilna Street.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 42320

Etchke Jurdyczanski (right) stands next to his friend Shmuel Berkowicz in front of Rephael Lejbowicz's photography studio on Vilna Street.

Etchke Jurdyczanski (Isaac Juris) survived the Holocaust in Siberia and Shmuel Berkowicz immigrated to Palestine.

Overview

Caption: Etchke Jurdyczanski (right) stands next to his friend Shmuel Berkowicz in front of Rephael Lejbowicz's photography studio on Vilna Street.

Etchke Jurdyczanski (Isaac Juris) survived the Holocaust in Siberia and Shmuel Berkowicz immigrated to Palestine.
Photographer: Rephael Lejbowicz
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: Dworkin Family

Source Record ID: RN80-4
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BERKOWICZ FAMILY (EISISKES) CLOSE-UPS FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) JEWS (POLISH) JURDYCZANSKI FAMILY (EISISKES) TOWER OF FACES
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families D

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2004-11-29 00:00:00
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