Studio portrait of the Mirski family in prewar Vilna.
Overview
- Caption
- Studio portrait of the Mirski family in prewar Vilna.
Pictured are Joseph Mirski and his wife Lisa Mankiewicz Mirski,, their grandson David (Sonia's son), Ada (Sol's wife) and Sol. - Date
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Circa 1925 - 1935
- Locale
- Vilnius, Lithuania
- Variant Locale
- Lithuania
Wilno
Wilna
Vilna - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rob Mandel
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Rob MandelSource Record ID: Collections: 2015.404.1
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Esther Reiches (later Rich, the mother of the donor) was born in Vilna in 1921. She was the daughter of Abraham (Abrasha) Reiches and Anna Mirski Reiches. Abraham worked as a newspaper editor. Her father moved to the United States shortly after her birth, and Anna and Esther followed in 1928. Anna had two sisters Olynka and Sonia and one brother Solomon. Solomon also succeeded in immigrating to the States. Sonia was married and had a child. She died before World War II from natural causes, but her husband and son David were killed by the Nazis. Olynka was also murdered by the Nazis. Most of their extended family was killed as well.
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- 2016-06-01 00:00:00
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