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Six members of the local Jewish council pose on a snow covered street in the Wisznice ghetto.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 03842

Six members of the local Jewish council pose on a snow covered street in the Wisznice ghetto.

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Caption: Six members of the local Jewish council pose on a snow covered street in the Wisznice ghetto.
Photographer: Edward Michalczuk
Date: 1942
Locale: Wisznice, [Biala Podlaska] Poland
Variant Locale: Vishnitza
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eliezer & Jenelly Rosenberg

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Eliezer & Jenelly Rosenberg

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Keyword: CANES/WALKING STICKS GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWISH COUNCILS JEWS (POLISH) STREET SCENES WINTER SCENES WISZNICE
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MINOR) -- (W)

Record last modified:: 2001-09-04 00:00:00
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