Stefania Szabad at the memorial ceremony for her husband Dr. Tsemah Szabad

Vilna, Poland, 1935. Film Clip of Memorial Ceremony

Educator Stefania Szabad walks with YIVO Research Director Max Weinreich at a memorial ceremony. The ceremony at a cemetery in Vilna was for Szabad’s husband, noted doctor and communal activist, Tsemach Szabad.

Amateur film shot by American Jewish travel agent Gustave Eisner

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Unless otherwise stated, all artifacts featured in the exhibition come from the YIVO's Archives and Library collections. Digitization of many of these materials has been made possible by the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project.