Vilna Portraits, Part 1

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The Life of Yitskhok Rudashevski Yitskhok was the only child born to Rose and Elihu Rudashevski. Yitskhok's father worked as a typesetter for a well-known Yiddish newspaper. His mother worked as a seamstress. Yitskhok had a relatively comfortable childhood. He was part of a large, closely-knit and loving family. He lived in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. Vilna had a large Jewish population and was a world center for Jewish culture and learning. In 1941, the city was home to over 80,000 Jews. Yitskhok completed one year of high school at the prestigious Realgymnasium. He was a good student and his favorite subjects were literature and history. He loved to read, and wrote as often as he could in his diary. He went hiking or to camp with his youth group.
When the Germans invaded Vilna in June 1941, Yitskhok was fourteen years old. The Germans immediately set about persecuting the city's Jews, and in July, took 35,000 men, women, and children to the Ponary forest, about 10 miles outside Vilna. Forced to dig their own graves, the Jews were massacred. In September, the remaining Jews were herded into two overcrowded, sealed-off ghettos. The smaller one was closed 46 days later, after its residents were murdered. Conditions were horrible in the remaining ghetto. There was little food, poor sanitation, and the residents were subject to random Nazi brutality and periodic roundups. Despite these conditions, underground cultural events were organized, newspapers were published, and various social welfare groups continued functioning. Yitskhok attended a clandestine school for two years. He joined various clubs including one that collected folklore. He continued to write in his diary, describing life in the ghetto.
The destruction of Vilna's Jewry continued, as the Nazis rounded up Jews and murdered them in the Ponary forest. A strong underground resistance group was formed, gathering weapons and planning for the defense of the ghetto. After the group was betrayed, many of its members escaped to the forest. In August 1943, as a prelude to their plan to empty the ghetto, the Nazis began sending the remaining Jews to Estonia. In September 1943, the Germans decided to murder those who were left. Yitskhok and his parents moved to a "hideout" in the attic of his uncle's home. They hid there with his uncle's family , along with five other people, for two weeks. In early October 1943, the Germans discovered the hideout. Sixteen year-old Yitskhok and the others were taken to the forest and murdered. One of Yitskhok's cousins managed to escape the massacre and joined the partisans in the surrounding forests. He returned to Vilna after the war and found Yitskhok's 204-page diary.http://www.museumoftolerance.com/mot/children/list4.cfm

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Abba Kovner "Uri"
1918-1987
partisan and commander of the FPO (United Partisans Organization) in the Vilna ghetto

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Lova Gershtein, Vilna 1912 ; son of Gershon Gerstein and Mera Meres was born in 1893. He was a physician in Kovno.He perished in concentration camp 1945

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Lyova Klaczko, killed during the battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet army
levraphael@attbi.com

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Shmuel Klaczko, murdered in Ponary 1941.
http://www.levraphael.com

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My mother Lija Klaczko (Kliatschko in the ghetto census of 1942), born May 22, 1917, St. Petersburg, died New York City February 7, 1999
-Lev Raphael

#vilna_p-7:Russian Army conscription photograph for Kopel Jablon son of Eljash at Vilnius on July 29, 1908

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Members of the board of the Vilna Yiddish Writers and Journalists Association: A.Frydkin, Sh. Bejlis, A.J. Goldszmidt, Ch. Lewin, H.Abramowicz, Moshe Szalit, and A.J. Grodzenski and Abe Safir. (The photographer is reflected in the mirror.)
1936

Vilna Informal outdoor portrait of students from a Tarbut gymnasium (secondary school) on a Tu-Bishvat excursion in Vilna: teenagers in overcoats pose with their teacher (left) in the snow.
ca. 1939

City Vilna
Date 1905
City Vilna

Studio portrait: "A group of young [Jewish Socialist] Bundists from Lodz... standing 2nd from right is Yankev Dovid Berg... now president of the Sholem Aleichem Institute in N. Y. Seated, 2nd from left is his brother Avrom" ('Forward' spread, 1937).

Outdoor portrait of teachers and activists who led "the big school parade" (written in Yiddish): (2nd row from bottom, l to r) Helena Khatskeles (3), Dr. Zemach Shabad (Szabad)(4), Pats (5); Mazo (10); (3rd row, near center in white hat) Rivka Gordon (Tolpin 1917

City Vilna Flanked by two German soldiers, boys sell the "Wilnauer Zeitung," a newspaper issued by the Germans, who occupied the city on September 18, 1915.

Group portrait of Henry Morgenthau with American officers. Morgenthau headed a commission sent by President Wilson to investigate antisemitic pogroms and the conditions of the Jews in the newly formed Polish republic.
Date 1919

City Vilna Date 1929
City Vilna
Photographer n/a
Description Dr. Ignacy Schipper, historian, and other prominent scholars.

Photographer Brudner
Date 1930
City Vilna
Photographer n/a
Description Students in a gymnastics class at the Kuperstein School for Girls of the CEBEKA (Central Education Committee) network pose with their instructor (in striped sweater).

Studio portrait: "A European family. Fayvl Leibowitz, of Vilna, photographed with his wife, daughters, sons, son-in-laws, and grandchildren." (Yiddish caption. From a 'Jewish Daily Forward' spread: "The Family Album -- ...Submitted By Our Readers.")
pub. Nov. 1, 1936 Vilna

ca. 1900 Vilna
Outdoor portrait of Zemach Shabad (Szabad) (standing, r), son of Yosef Szabad, with his wife Stefania and others. Shabad (1864-1935) was a prominent physician and a leader of the Folkist Party, member of the Polish Parliament, and a founder of YIVO in Vilna

#vilna_p-9: Captain Ferdynand Beigel, one of only a few Jewish officers in the Polish Army, poses outdoors with members of his family. 1930

#vilna_p-10: Shmuel Tabirs, a housepainter

#vilna_p-11: Portrait study at a writing table: "Dvoyre Ester, the 'gabete' [lady trustee]...." Studio portrait of Dvora Esther Gelfer (1817-1907), philanthropist and founder of a `gmiles khesed' society, which provided small interest-free loans. 1905.

#vilna_p-12: Sonia Reiman.

#vilna_p-13: Mrs. Weintraub. Vilna.

#vilna_p-14: A Jewish noncom. It was worn in 1885 by a Jewish soldier who rose to the rank of Sergeant in Vilna. He is shown with his wife. 1885

#vilna_p-15: A Vilna couple -- Moyshe and Khave Axelrod. 1926.

#vilna_p-16: Portrait study of Sonye Weinkop. a 13-year-old girl of Vilna, who is a brilliant pupil in the Vilna Jewish High School.1926

#vilna_p-17: Studio portrait of Rokhl Lapidus with her children and grandchild.

#vilna_p-18: Studio portrait of the Ginsburg family. turn of the century.

#vilna_p-19: Yankev Sholem Dinerstein.

#vilna_p-20: Fayvl Leibowitz photographed with his family. vilna.

#vilna_p-21: Outdoor portrait of Zemach Shabad , son of Yosef Szabad, with his wife Stefania and others. Shabad (1864-1935) was a prominent physician and a leader of the Folkist Party, member of the Polish Parliament, and a founder of YIVO in Vilna.

#vilna_p-22: Ignacy Schipper (1884-1943), historian, Zionist, and member of the Polish Parliament, visiting the YIVO Institute during a scholarly conference organized by YIVO. 1939.

#vilna_p-23: Studio portrait of Dovid Szer, a 'shoykhet' (ritual slaughterer), Rivke Tolpin's grandfather. turn of the century.

#vilna_p-24: Studio portrait of Leib Perelman, a '(teacher) from the Keydan 'kheyder' (traditional Jewish elementary school).

#vilna_p-25: Studio portrait of Joseph Garfinkle, a (teacher) from the Keydan 'kheyder' (traditional Jewish elementary school).

#vilna_p-26: Portrait of Albert Kovatshnik, chosen by the Jews as representative to the Vilna municipality in 1919. He was the only boss to remain in the city economy when the Polish [officials] fled out of fear of the Bolsheviks in 1920."

#vilna_p-27: The Vilna Jewish Central Committee: (r-l) Dr. Kovarsky, Z. Shabad (Szabad), Engineer A. Klebanow. (Others) Yitskhok Rubinshteyn, chairman; Rozenbojm, Epstein, Supr, Rabbi Eiger, Wygodzki, Ros, Zalkind, Gerzuni, Rachmilewicz, Lewin, Izbicki and Boris Kletzkin.

#vilna_p-28:Sore Koch, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street, posing on a park bench. 1930s.

#vilna_p-29:Yeysef Kushner, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged on 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-30:Malka Perkin, 70 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged on 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-31:Taybe Levinovska, 80 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-32:Yente Levin, 79 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-33:Shaul Aronowicz, 74 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street: an elderly man wearing a fedora hat.

#vilna_p-34:Matle Segal, 74 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street: an elderly woman wearing a kerchief.

#vilna_p-35:Reyze Piurko, 75 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-36:Sore-Rive Zhirmunska, 81 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-37:Basie Perska, 69 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-38:Khaye-Musie Granat, 72 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-39:Zelig Tarant, 76 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-40:Hirsh Tsukerman, 83 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-41:Shmuel and Mere Kalanski, an elderly couple, residents of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-42:Frume-Hinde Gontshorovska, 71 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-43:Khane Levin, 85 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-44:Avrom Malashkevitsh, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-45:Avrom Rudnitski, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-46:Nekhe Kushlits, 80 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-47:Sore Segal, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-48:Khane Kats, 81 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-49:Dr. Zemach Shabad (Szabad), President of TOZ (Society for the Safeguarding of Health), posing for an outdoor portrait.

#vilna_p-50:Studio portrait of R. Nadelman, treasurer of TOZ (Society for the Safeguarding of Health).

#vilna_p-51:Studio portrait of Mr. Helias, secretary of TOZ (Society for the Safeguarding of Health).

#vilna_p-52:E. Jeshurin, OSE-TOZ president Zemach Shabad (Szabad), H. Mats, M. Golding and others at a TOZ summer camp. 1930

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Yudel Katz with family 1950
from the album of Scott Noar snoar@jjsnack.com

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Yudel Katz, Vilna 1935
a survivor from Vilna
Scott Noar snoar@jjsnack.com to read about the family go to;
http://www.noarfamily.com/Yudelbranch.htm

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Shena & Grigory Noar ( From the album of Scott Noar http://www.noarfamily.com/Vilnaghetto.html )

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Ita Noar in 1913

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Isaac Hillel and Grigory Noar, 1921

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Maria Noar, 1905

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Divon lan Wrote; from jewishgen.org: conscription to the army: photo from 1910, says "Yochonon son of Abram Krechmer"
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Birth:1889 Vilna
Death: July 14, 1944 (age 55)
Kaunas, Lithuania (Murdered on the day of the Nazis killed the last Jews in the ghetto as the Red army was liberating the Kovo area.

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Nachum and Zvia Kagen , maternal grandparents of
David (Dudzik) Svirsky

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Chana and Pinchas Rudashevsky. 1939

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Shoshana Weiner and Chana Rudashevsky, Vilna 1932.

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Members of the Morgenstern Jewish sports organization Vilna 1930.

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Boris Goldberg treats a patient in his dental office a few months before the war.

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Avraham Kawenoki 1930 (sitting) Abraham, his wife Berta and son Meyer Kawenoki, and cousin Fiera Svirsky all perished in the holocaust.

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partisan fighter and artist Alexander Bogen Z"L.

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Fania (Feige) Kretchmer

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Ida Kretchmer

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Avraham (Avremus) Kretchmer
(1920 - 2004)

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The Shapiro family in prewar Vilna.
Ita Shapiro (later Ein Dor) is the daughter of Yehuda Shapiro b. 1901 (Vilna) and Miriam Rabinowicz 1896 (Vilna). Ita's brother Chaim was born in 1925, and she was born in 1

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Ita and Chaim Shapiro

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Chaim Shapiro, he perished in the holocaust

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#vilna_p-1: The Life of Yitskhok Rudashevski Yitskhok was the only child born to Rose and Elihu Rudashevski. Yitskhok's father worked as a typesetter for a well-known Yiddish newspaper. His mother worked as a seamstress. Yitskhok had a relatively comfortable childhood. He was part of a large, closely-knit and loving family. He lived in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. Vilna had a large Jewish population and was a world center for Jewish culture and learning. In 1941, the city was home to over 80,000 Jews. Yitskhok completed one year of high school at the prestigious Realgymnasium. He was a good student and his favorite subjects were literature and history. He loved to read, and wrote as often as he could in his diary. He went hiking or to camp with his youth group. When the Germans invaded Vilna in June 1941, Yitskhok was fourteen years old. The Germans immediately set about persecuting the city's Jews, and in July, took 35,000 men, women, and children to the Ponary forest, about 10 miles outside Vilna. Forced to dig their own graves, the Jews were massacred. In September, the remaining Jews were herded into two overcrowded, sealed-off ghettos. The smaller one was closed 46 days later, after its residents were murdered. Conditions were horrible in the remaining ghetto. There was little food, poor sanitation, and the residents were subject to random Nazi brutality and periodic roundups. Despite these conditions, underground cultural events were organized, newspapers were published, and various social welfare groups continued functioning. Yitskhok attended a clandestine school for two years. He joined various clubs including one that collected folklore. He continued to write in his diary, describing life in the ghetto. The destruction of Vilna's Jewry continued, as the Nazis rounded up Jews and murdered them in the Ponary forest. A strong underground resistance group was formed, gathering weapons and planning for the defense of the ghetto. After the group was betrayed, many of its members escaped to the forest. In August 1943, as a prelude to their plan to empty the ghetto, the Nazis began sending the remaining Jews to Estonia. In September 1943, the Germans decided to murder those who were left. Yitskhok and his parents moved to a "hideout" in the attic of his uncle's home. They hid there with his uncle's family , along with five other people, for two weeks. In early October 1943, the Germans discovered the hideout. Sixteen year-old Yitskhok and the others were taken to the forest and murdered. One of Yitskhok's cousins managed to escape the massacre and joined the partisans in the surrounding forests. He returned to Vilna after the war and found Yitskhok's 204-page diary.http://www.museumoftolerance.com/mot/children/list4.cfm

#vilna_p-2: Abba Kovner "Uri" 1918-1987 partisan and commander of the FPO (United Partisans Organization) in the Vilna ghetto

#vilna_p-3: Lova Gershtein, Vilna 1912 ; son of Gershon Gerstein and Mera Meres was born in 1893. He was a physician in Kovno.He perished in concentration camp 1945	#vilna_p-4: Lyova Klaczko, killed during the battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet army levraphael@attbi.com

#vilna_p-5: Shmuel Klaczko, murdered in Ponary 1941. http://www.levraphael.com	#vilna_p-6: My mother Lija Klaczko (Kliatschko in the ghetto census of 1942), born May 22, 1917, St. Petersburg, died New York City February 7, 1999 -Lev Raphael

#vilna_p-7:Russian Army conscription photograph for Kopel Jablon son of Eljash at Vilnius on July 29, 1908

#vilna_p-8: Members of the board of the Vilna Yiddish Writers and Journalists Association: A.Frydkin, Sh. Bejlis, A.J. Goldszmidt, Ch. Lewin, H.Abramowicz, Moshe Szalit, and A.J. Grodzenski and Abe Safir. (The photographer is reflected in the mirror.) 1936 Vilna Informal outdoor portrait of students from a Tarbut gymnasium (secondary school) on a Tu-Bishvat excursion in Vilna: teenagers in overcoats pose with their teacher (left) in the snow. ca. 1939 City Vilna Date 1905 City Vilna Studio portrait: "A group of young [Jewish Socialist] Bundists from Lodz... standing 2nd from right is Yankev Dovid Berg... now president of the Sholem Aleichem Institute in N. Y. Seated, 2nd from left is his brother Avrom" ('Forward' spread, 1937). Outdoor portrait of teachers and activists who led "the big school parade" (written in Yiddish): (2nd row from bottom, l to r) Helena Khatskeles (3), Dr. Zemach Shabad (Szabad)(4), Pats (5); Mazo (10); (3rd row, near center in white hat) Rivka Gordon (Tolpin 1917 City Vilna Flanked by two German soldiers, boys sell the "Wilnauer Zeitung," a newspaper issued by the Germans, who occupied the city on September 18, 1915. Group portrait of Henry Morgenthau with American officers. Morgenthau headed a commission sent by President Wilson to investigate antisemitic pogroms and the conditions of the Jews in the newly formed Polish republic. Date 1919 City Vilna Date 1929 City Vilna Photographer n/a Description Dr. Ignacy Schipper, historian, and other prominent scholars. Photographer Brudner Date 1930 City Vilna Photographer n/a Description Students in a gymnastics class at the Kuperstein School for Girls of the CEBEKA (Central Education Committee) network pose with their instructor (in striped sweater). Studio portrait: "A European family. Fayvl Leibowitz, of Vilna, photographed with his wife, daughters, sons, son-in-laws, and grandchildren." (Yiddish caption. From a 'Jewish Daily Forward' spread: "The Family Album -- ...Submitted By Our Readers.") pub. Nov. 1, 1936 Vilna ca. 1900 Vilna Outdoor portrait of Zemach Shabad (Szabad) (standing, r), son of Yosef Szabad, with his wife Stefania and others. Shabad (1864-1935) was a prominent physician and a leader of the Folkist Party, member of the Polish Parliament, and a founder of YIVO in Vilna

#vilna_p-9: Captain Ferdynand Beigel, one of only a few Jewish officers in the Polish Army, poses outdoors with members of his family. 1930	#vilna_p-10: Shmuel Tabirs, a housepainter

#vilna_p-11: Portrait study at a writing table: "Dvoyre Ester, the 'gabete' [lady trustee]...." Studio portrait of Dvora Esther Gelfer (1817-1907), philanthropist and founder of a `gmiles khesed' society, which provided small interest-free loans. 1905.	#vilna_p-12: Sonia Reiman.

#vilna_p-13: Mrs. Weintraub. Vilna.	#vilna_p-14: A Jewish noncom. It was worn in 1885 by a Jewish soldier who rose to the rank of Sergeant in Vilna. He is shown with his wife. 1885

#vilna_p-15: A Vilna couple -- Moyshe and Khave Axelrod. 1926.	#vilna_p-16: Portrait study of Sonye Weinkop. a 13-year-old girl of Vilna, who is a brilliant pupil in the Vilna Jewish High School.1926

#vilna_p-17: Studio portrait of Rokhl Lapidus with her children and grandchild.	#vilna_p-18: Studio portrait of the Ginsburg family. turn of the century.

#vilna_p-19: Yankev Sholem Dinerstein.	#vilna_p-20: Fayvl Leibowitz photographed with his family. vilna.

#vilna_p-21: Outdoor portrait of Zemach Shabad , son of Yosef Szabad, with his wife Stefania and others. Shabad (1864-1935) was a prominent physician and a leader of the Folkist Party, member of the Polish Parliament, and a founder of YIVO in Vilna.	#vilna_p-22: Ignacy Schipper (1884-1943), historian, Zionist, and member of the Polish Parliament, visiting the YIVO Institute during a scholarly conference organized by YIVO. 1939.

#vilna_p-23: Studio portrait of Dovid Szer, a 'shoykhet' (ritual slaughterer), Rivke Tolpin's grandfather. turn of the century.	#vilna_p-24: Studio portrait of Leib Perelman, a '(teacher) from the Keydan 'kheyder' (traditional Jewish elementary school).

#vilna_p-25: Studio portrait of Joseph Garfinkle, a (teacher) from the Keydan 'kheyder' (traditional Jewish elementary school).	#vilna_p-26: Portrait of Albert Kovatshnik, chosen by the Jews as representative to the Vilna municipality in 1919. He was the only boss to remain in the city economy when the Polish [officials] fled out of fear of the Bolsheviks in 1920."

#vilna_p-27: The Vilna Jewish Central Committee: (r-l) Dr. Kovarsky, Z. Shabad (Szabad), Engineer A. Klebanow. (Others) Yitskhok Rubinshteyn, chairman; Rozenbojm, Epstein, Supr, Rabbi Eiger, Wygodzki, Ros, Zalkind, Gerzuni, Rachmilewicz, Lewin, Izbicki and Boris Kletzkin.	#vilna_p-28:Sore Koch, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street, posing on a park bench. 1930s.

#vilna_p-29:Yeysef Kushner, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged on 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-30:Malka Perkin, 70 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged on 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-31:Taybe Levinovska, 80 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-32:Yente Levin, 79 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-33:Shaul Aronowicz, 74 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street: an elderly man wearing a fedora hat.	#vilna_p-34:Matle Segal, 74 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street: an elderly woman wearing a kerchief.

#vilna_p-35:Reyze Piurko, 75 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-36:Sore-Rive Zhirmunska, 81 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-37:Basie Perska, 69 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-38:Khaye-Musie Granat, 72 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-39:Zelig Tarant, 76 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-40:Hirsh Tsukerman, 83 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-41:Shmuel and Mere Kalanski, an elderly couple, residents of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-42:Frume-Hinde Gontshorovska, 71 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-43:Khane Levin, 85 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-44:Avrom Malashkevitsh, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-45:Avrom Rudnitski, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-46:Nekhe Kushlits, 80 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-47:Sore Segal, 77 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.	#vilna_p-48:Khane Kats, 81 years old, a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street.

#vilna_p-49:Dr. Zemach Shabad (Szabad), President of TOZ (Society for the Safeguarding of Health), posing for an outdoor portrait.	#vilna_p-50:Studio portrait of R. Nadelman, treasurer of TOZ (Society for the Safeguarding of Health).

#vilna_p-51:Studio portrait of Mr. Helias, secretary of TOZ (Society for the Safeguarding of Health).	#vilna_p-52:E. Jeshurin, OSE-TOZ president Zemach Shabad (Szabad), H. Mats, M. Golding and others at a TOZ summer camp. 1930

#vilna_p-53: Yudel Katz with family 1950 from the album of Scott Noar snoar@jjsnack.com	#vilna_p-54: Yudel Katz, Vilna 1935 a survivor from Vilna Scott Noar snoar@jjsnack.com to read about the family go to; http://www.noarfamily.com/Yudelbranch.htm

#vilna_p-55: Shena & Grigory Noar ( From the album of Scott Noar http://www.noarfamily.com/Vilnaghetto.html )	#vilna_p-56: Ita Noar in 1913

#vilna_p-57: Isaac Hillel and Grigory Noar, 1921	#vilna_p-58: Maria Noar, 1905

#vilna_p-59: Divon lan Wrote; from jewishgen.org: conscription to the army: photo from 1910, says "Yochonon son of Abram Krechmer" -- Birth:1889 Vilna Death: July 14, 1944 (age 55) Kaunas, Lithuania (Murdered on the day of the Nazis killed the last Jews in the ghetto as the Red army was liberating the Kovo area.	#vilna_p-60: Nachum and Zvia Kagen , maternal grandparents of David (Dudzik) Svirsky

#vilna_p-61: Chana and Pinchas Rudashevsky. 1939	#vilna_p-62: Shoshana Weiner and Chana Rudashevsky, Vilna 1932.

#vilna_p-63: Members of the Morgenstern Jewish sports organization Vilna 1930.	#vilna_p-64: Boris Goldberg treats a patient in his dental office a few months before the war.

#vilna_p-65: Avraham Kawenoki 1930 (sitting) Abraham, his wife Berta and son Meyer Kawenoki, and cousin Fiera Svirsky all perished in the holocaust.	#vilna_p-66: partisan fighter and artist Alexander Bogen Z"L.

#vilna_p-67: Fania (Feige) Kretchmer	#vilna_p-68: Ida Kretchmer

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#vilna_p-71: Ita and Chaim Shapiro	#vilna_p-72: Chaim Shapiro, he perished in the holocaust

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Vilna Portraits, Part 1 (Part 2 \| Part 3 \| Part 4 \| Part 5)