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A group of Jews rides on the back of a horse-drawn wagon in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 44244
A group of Jews rides on the back of a horse-drawn wagon in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland. The group is on their way to a neighboring town where the man with the basket will sell his wares. Among those pictured are Reuven Fish, Shaya Wolrajch, Hersh Lieb Wolrajch, Chiemic and Wolf.

A group of Jews rides on the back of a horse-drawn wagon in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland.

The group is on their way to a neighboring town where the man with the basket will sell his wares.

Among those pictured are Reuven Fish, Shaya Wolrajch, Hersh Lieb Wolrajch, Chiemic and Wolf.

Date
Circa 1930 - 1937
Locale
Piotrkow Trybunalski, [Lodz] Poland
Variant Locale
Petrikau
Petrokov
Piotrkow
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. Mark Wolraich

About This Photograph

Biography
Joel Wolrajch is the son of Moishe and Rachel Wolrajch. He was born in Piotrkow Trybunalski, where his parents owned a butcher shop. Joel had four siblings: Hersh Lieb (b. 1900), Chia Sura (b. 1904), Aron Zeylek (b. 1909 and died before the war) and Shaya (b. 1906). Rachel Wolrajch also died before the war. Helen Tolep was Joel's cousin. Her family, also from Piotrkow, immigrated to the United States in the 1920s. In 1935 Helen returned to Piotrkow for a visit and met Joel. They married the following year on April 22, 1936 and settled in New York. Joel's father and three surviving siblings all perished during World War II, probably in Treblinka.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Dr. Mark Wolraich
 
Record last modified: 2004-11-05 00:00:00
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