Three friends walking down the street

Liza Beigel and friends on vacation

Krynica, Poland, 1938. Photograph of Three Friends

Liza Beigel, Mania Zak, and a non-Jewish friend stroll in the resort town of Krynica, Poland. Beigel came from a prominent Jewish family from Vilna. Her family owned the Hotel Bristol, the city’s largest hotel. Her husband Ferdinand was an officer in the Polish Army.

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