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Close-up of a Jewish vendor in the Kovno ghetto who was known as "Hamster" for gathering and selling bread on the black market.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 81114
Close-up of a Jewish vendor in the Kovno ghetto who was known as "Hamster" for gathering and selling bread on the black market. A few days after this photo was taken, he was shot by the Germans.

Close-up of a Jewish vendor in the Kovno ghetto who was known as "Hamster" for gathering and selling bread on the black market.

A few days after this photo was taken, he was shot by the Germans.

Photographer
George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin
Date
1941 - 1943
Locale
Kaunas, Lithuania
Variant Locale
Kauen
Kovno
Kowno
Photo Designation
GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- KOVNO (Lithuania) -- Commerce
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin

Keywords and Subjects

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
USHMM (Restricted)
Copyright: Exclusively with provenance
Provenance: George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin
Published Source
Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Little, Brown and Company - p.145
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-23 00:00:00
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