A German stands guard at the entrance to the Hochmei Lublin yeshiva.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 76202

Overview

Caption: A German stands guard at the entrance to the Hochmei Lublin yeshiva.
Date: Circa 1939 - 1944
Locale: Lublin, [Lublin] Poland
Variant Locale: Lyublin
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Archiwum Dokumentacji Mechanicznej
Event History: The Hochmei Lublin yeshiva set a new standard for the building of talmudic academies in eastern Europe. Its founder, Rabbi Yehuda Meir Shapira, placed new emphasis on spacious living and dining quarters, insisted on larger lecture halls, and set his school in attractive surroundings. He also equipped the yeshiva with a good library. In addition, Shapira set rigorous academic standards for the selection of its students.

[Encyclopedia Judaica. "Shapira, Meir." Jerusalem. Keter Publishing, 1972. 14:1300.]

Photo Source: Archiwum Dokumentacji Mechanicznej

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: II 6186
Der Stuermer Archive (Stadtarchiv Nuernberg)

Copyright: Exclusively with source

Source Record ID: E39 Nr.1263/14

Keyword: ENTRANCES FENCES FLAGS GHETTO/OCCUPATION GUARDS SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) VIEWS YESHIVA (LUBLIN) YESHIVA/CHEDER/BEIT MIDRASH
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LUBLIN (Poland) -- Destruction/Desecration/Confiscation of Property