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Darbenai Lithuania, "House owned by Toutz family"

Photograph of a house in Darbenai owned by the Toutz family with a sign. This house is one of a few on a street in Darbenai, most of which have some inhabitants standing outside the house looking at the camera. The Toutz family house has people standing on the front porch, with children sitting on the steps leading up to the house.

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Darbenai Lithuania, "Jewish townsfolk"

Photograph of some Jewish townsfolk of Darbenai. The photograph includes approximately 50 people, comprising men, women and children, as well as a horse-drawn cart with people on the cart. The picture is taken outside a store or house, which can be seen in the background.

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Darbenai Lithuania, "Street in Darbenai"

Photograph of a steet in Darbenai. The cobblestoned street has some trees on either side. There is a building visible that is either in the process of being built or that has deteriorated to be an incomplete structure. Other buildings can be seen along the street, some of which have people standing outside on the pavement.

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Jonava Lithuania, "Three Jewish residents of the town sitting in a motor vehicle"

Photograph of three people from the town of Jonava sitting in a motor vehicle, looking at the camera. There are two people seated in the back, with a man sitting further away from the camera on the right hand side of the backseat, and a woman sitting closer to the camera on the left hand side of the backseat. The woman in the backseat has her arm draped over the side of the car. The woman in front, named Sonia Berger, is sitting in the driver's seat with both of her hands holding the staring wheel and her left arm hanging over the edge of the car, smiling at the camera. A house can be seen in the background of the photograph, as well as some tall trees next to the house.

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Kaunas Lithuania, "First team soccer group"

Photograph of 12 members of the soccer 1st team, who fell under the Jewish Athletics/Sports Club, taken in Kaunas in 1925. This photograph includes Mr B. Levenberg in the back row, second from the right hand side. These athletics and sports organisations were often points of social integration between and across Jewish communities in Europe, due to the widespread Antisemitic exclusion of Jews from mainstream sports clubs.

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Kaunas Lithuania, "Jewish sports group performing calisthenics"

Photograph of some Jewish Athletics/Sports Club members performing calisthenics in Kaunas, taken in 1925. This is a synchronised performance that has a collection of spectators visible in the background. Calisthenics is an exercise approach that was popularized in the early 20th century. It refers to a form of exercise that focuses on building strength and muscle through movements that are often performed rhythmically, and use of one's own bodyweight as an alternative to using equipment. This format of exercise is often done in groups, with a synchronised routine, which is thought to promote group cohesion. [Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43609537]. These athletics and sports organisations were often points of social integration between and across Jewish communities in Europe, due to the widespread Antisemitic exclusion of Jews from mainstream sports clubs.

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Kaunas Lithuania, "Jewish students and instructors at the ORT school"

Photograph of some students and staff from the Mechanical Engineering Faculty at the ORT school in Kaunas. This photograph includes an intructor on the left hand side, and a student named Sieff. The ORT (Obchestvo Remeslenogo Truda - Association for the Promotion of Skilled Trades) refers to an organisation created by Russian Jews in 1880, in response to a government-mandated relocation of Jews to the Pale of Settlement. Conditions in the Pale were poor, with widespread lack of education, poverty, pervasive Antisemitism, and lack of economic opportunity due to legal exclusion of Jews as well as the borderzone location of the Pale that disadvantaged Jews. As a result, Jews established a trade school to educate themselves in vocational training for skilled trades. This organization was later expanded to Eastern European territories (including Lithuania), and continued in ghettoes until their liquidation. [Source: https://tinyurl.com/y7garhud].

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