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A black and white photograph with scalloped edges. Ten young girls with lighter skin tones form two rows, some sitting in the grass, some kneeling. All the girls are smiling at the camera.
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Young girls pose in a yard in the town of Ejszyszki (Eyshishok)

A group of young girls poses in a yard in the town of Ejszyszki (Eyshishok). The Jews of this shtetl were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen on September 21, 1941. Photo taken before September 1941.

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Lithuania Einsatzgruppen mass atrocities women children
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation
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