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View of the vandalized New Beit Midrash (house of study) in Kovno.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 81145

View of the vandalized New Beit Midrash (house of study) in Kovno.

Overview

Caption: View of the vandalized New Beit Midrash (house of study) in Kovno.
Photographer: George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin
Date: August 1944 - October 1944
Locale: Kaunas, Lithuania
Variant Locale: Kauen
Kovno
Kowno
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: USHMM (Restricted)

Copyright: Exclusively with provenance

Provenance: George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: DESTRUCTION/VANDALISM EXTERIORS GHETTO/OCCUPATION KOVNO VIEWS YESHIVA/CHEDER/BEIT MIDRASH
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- KOVNO (Lithuania) -- Destruction/Aftermath -- Views

Record last modified:: 2000-03-08 00:00:00
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