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Mrs. Polaczek and her daughter Mariyasl Yurkanski stand by the grave of their husband and father, Meir Yaakov Polaczek.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 42467

Mrs. Polaczek and her daughter Mariyasl Yurkanski stand by the grave of their husband and father, Meir Yaakov Polaczek.

Mrs. Polaczek was murdered by the Germans during the September 1941 mass killing action in Eisiskes. Mariyasl Yurkanski was killed after the war by the Polish Home Army.

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Caption: Mrs. Polaczek and her daughter Mariyasl Yurkanski stand by the grave of their husband and father, Meir Yaakov Polaczek.

Mrs. Polaczek was murdered by the Germans during the September 1941 mass killing action in Eisiskes. Mariyasl Yurkanski was killed after the war by the Polish Home Army.
Date: 1919
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: Fanny York Family

Source Record ID: RN104-1
Published Source: There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 239
Restriction: NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CEMETERIES CLOSE-UPS ELDERLY FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES JEWS (POLISH) POLACZEK FAMILY (EISISKES) TOWER OF FACES WOMEN YURKANSKI FAMILY (EISISKES)
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST: Yaffa Eliach Collection -- Families Y

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Arnold Kramer

Record last modified:: 2002-11-06 00:00:00
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