Studio portrait of students and teachers

Teachers and students of the Real-Gymnasium

Vilna, Poland, Circa 1920s. Studio Portrait of Teachers and Students

Teachers and students of the Jewish Real-Gymnasium, part of the Central Education Committee (TsBK) School System in Vilna, Poland. Teacher and revered poet Moyshe Kulbak (2nd row, 3rd from left), visiting Yiddish writer H. Leivick (2nd row, 4th from left), teacher and choir leader Yakov Gershteyn (2nd row, 5th from left).

Photograph by E. Cejtlin

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