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A group of friends celebrates Avremele Botwinik’s bar mitzvah in Eyshishok in 1939. Avremele sits in the center, smiling behind the cake. Seated near him are Moshe Bastunski (second from the left) and Avigdor Katz (right). Standing behind Avremele are Elisha Koppelman (second from the left) and Moshe Kaplan (second from the right). Avremele became a partisan, and was the only person in the photograph to survive World War II. Seven of the children were murdered in the September 1941 massacre in…
Alte Katz poses with family members on the steps of her photo studio and pharmacy in Eyshishok's main square. Her arms are wrapped around her son Avigdor (left) and her grandson Yitzhak (right). Standing in front is Alte’s great-nephew Shaul. In September 1941, German Einsatzkommando 3 and Lithuanian auxiliary forces shot and killed Alte, Avigdor, and Shaul. Yitzhak survived the Holocaust in hiding.
Portrait of Szeina Katzenelenboigen, a Jewish actress and hotel owner in Eyshishok. Szeina was fluent in five languages and helped establish a library in the community. Photo taken in Bialystok, Poland. When German forces occupied Eyshishok in June 1941, they took over Szeina’s hotel and used it as their local headquarters. German Einsatzkommando 3 and Lithuanian auxiliary forces later killed Szeina during the September 1941 massacre.
A group of men stands in front of a bus parked by Eyshishok’s bus stop and Shell gas station. From left to right are: two unidentified bus drivers, a local Polish policeman, Avraham Krisilov, Israel Erlich, and Moshe Slonimski. Behind them, a child smiles from the driver’s seat. Avraham and Moshe, who co-owned the gas station, were murdered during the September 1941 massacre in Eyshishok. Israel was killed separately.
Members of Eyshishok's fire department orchestra, which included both Jewish and Polish musicians. An orchestra pit was built in the community’s firehouse during World War I (1914–1918). Located in the market square, the firehouse also held theater performances.
Steven Fenves (also Fenyves or Fenjves) and his family lived in Subotica, Yugoslavia. His father, Lajos, managed a publishing house and his mother, Klári (Klara), was a graphic artist. In April 1941, Subotica fell under Hungarian occupation. Until May 1944, the Fenyveses lived in one corner of their apartment while Hungarian officers took over the rest of the family’s home.In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. In April, Lajos was deported to the Auschwitz camp in German-occupied Poland. Steven, his…
Steven Fenves (also Fenyves or Fenjves) and his family lived in Subotica, Yugoslavia. His father, Lajos, managed a publishing house and his mother, Klári (Klara), was a graphic artist. In April 1941, Subotica fell under Hungarian occupation. Until May 1944, the Fenyveses lived in one corner of their apartment while Hungarian officers took over the rest of the family’s home.In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. In April, Lajos was deported to the Auschwitz camp in German-occupied Poland. Steven, his…
Steven Fenves (also Fenyves or Fenjves) and his family lived in Subotica, Yugoslavia. His father, Lajos, managed a publishing house and his mother, Klári (Klara), was a graphic artist. In April 1941, Subotica fell under Hungarian occupation. Until May 1944, the Fenyveses lived in one corner of their apartment while Hungarian officers took over the rest of the family’s home.In March 1944, Germany occupied Hungary. In April, Lajos was deported to the Auschwitz camp in German-occupied Poland. Steven, his…
Hans was born to a Jewish family in the small Dutch town of Kampen. His father worked as a tailor, and he taught Hans about the tailoring trade.1933-39: Hans was a skilled tailor, and an accomplished pianist as well. Inquisitive about all subjects, Hans loved to read and to keep abreast of current events.1940-43: When the Jews in the Dutch provinces were ordered to relocate to Amsterdam in January 1942, the Rudelsheims complied. In early 1943, while in hiding with a Christian family near Leiden, Hans snuck…
Klári Fenyves created a family cookbook, written in Hungarian. After the family was forced to leave their apartment before deportation, the family’s cook, Maris, saved this treasured cookbook and some of Klári Fenyves’ artwork. She returned the ar...
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