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Portrait of Rabbi Avraham Grodzensky, former head of the Slobodka Yeshiva, after he was forced to shave his beard.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 62007

Portrait of Rabbi Avraham Grodzensky, former head of the Slobodka Yeshiva, after he was forced to shave his beard.

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Caption: Portrait of Rabbi Avraham Grodzensky, former head of the Slobodka Yeshiva, after he was forced to shave his beard.
Photographer: George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin
Date: 1941 - 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
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Shmerke Kaczerginski

Source Record ID: 120 Lithuania Kaunas
Instytut Pamieci Narodowej

Copyright: Agency Agreement

Provenance: Mrs. Bukowska

Source Record ID: 33322

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: BADGES BADGES (STAR OF DAVID) CLERGY/RABBIS/CHAPLAINS (JEWISH) CLOSE-UPS GHETTO/OCCUPATION INTERIORS JEWS (LITHUANIAN) KOVNO YESHIVA/CHEDER/BEIT MIDRASH
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- KOVNO (Lithuania) -- Daily Life -- Families/Portraits/Homes

Record last modified:: 2007-03-07 00:00:00
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