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Portrait of an elderly Jewish couple in Rzeszow, Poland.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 78183
Portrait of an elderly Jewish couple in Rzeszow, Poland. Pictured are Berl and Faize Munz. Berl was a Jewish scholar who wrote a book about Maimonides, that was destroyed by the Germans before it was published. He died in his sleep in 1939 before the war began. Faize was killed during a mass shooting during the liquidation of the ghetto in 1943.

Portrait of an elderly Jewish couple in Rzeszow, Poland.

Pictured are Berl and Faize Munz. Berl was a Jewish scholar who wrote a book about Maimonides, that was destroyed by the Germans before it was published. He died in his sleep in 1939 before the war began. Faize was killed during a mass shooting during the liquidation of the ghetto in 1943.

Date
1939
Locale
Rzeszow, [Rzeszow] Poland
Variant Locale
Reichshof
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Thea Rothenstein

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Thea Rothenstein
Source Record ID: HCC
 
Record last modified: 2003-11-03 00:00:00
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