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

Photograph | Photograph Number: 76202
A German stands guard at the entrance to the Hochmei Lublin yeshiva.

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

Date
Circa 1939 - 1944
Locale
Lublin, [Lublin] Poland
Variant Locale
Lyublin
Photo Designation
GHETTOS (MAJOR) -- LUBLIN (Poland) -- Destruction/Desecration/Confiscation of Property
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Archiwum Dokumentacji Mechanicznej

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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.]

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Rights and Restrictions

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
 
Record last modified: 2004-07-06 00:00:00
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