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Panevezys Lithuania, "Group in fancy dress outfits"

Photograph of 8 Jewish people in fancy dress, taken in Panevezys. Five of the Jewish people are seated on a couch in the back row of the picture, while the three remaining Jews are sitting on the floor in front of the couch. The group are dressed in various fancy dress costumes. From left to right in the back row on the couch, there is a man dressed as a sailor with a sailor hat, a man dressed in a suit with a bowtie and fedora, a woman dressed in a puffy dress and bonnet holding a fan, a woman wearing a suit and fedora, and a woman dressed as a sailor with a sailor hat and a cigarette in her mouth. In the front row, from left to right, there is a woman wearing a dress and a head band across her forhead, a man dressed as a jester with a ruffled collar and a stringed instrument in his hands, and another woman wearing a dress and a headband across her forhead. The man dressed in a suit with a bowtie and fedora is looking at the smiling woman in the centre of the photograph wearing the puffy dress and bonnet holding a fan.

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Panevezys Lithuania, "Group having a picnic"

Photograph of 7 people enjoying a picnic outdoors. There are four men and three women in the photograph. Three bottles of wine are visible on their picnic blanket. They look happy and relaxed, with most members of the photograph smiling at the camera. This photo was taken in a field next to a forest, near to the town of Panevezys. The forest is visible in the background, and some bushes are seen immediately behind the group, who are sitting on some grass.

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Panevezys Lithuania, "Jewish folk gathering at a political meeting in the Panevezys market square "

Photograph of hundreds of people gathered in the market square of Panevezys for a political meeting. The crowd consists of men, women, and children. The majority of these people, comprising a few hundred, are facing away from the camera and looking towards the speaker/leader of the meeting who is elevated on a podium. There is a smaller group of people, approximately 50 people, including adults and children, who are facing the camera, and who are standing behind the larger group that are facing the speaker. Around the perimetre of the market square and the gathering of people, there are some uniformed guards. There is snow on the ground, and the group are all dressed warmly, suggesting this meeting took place in winter. A 'viesbutis' (Lithuanian for 'hotel') can be seen across the road from the market square where the people are gathered. The photograph is blurred, suggesting there was movement when it was being taken.

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Panevezys Lithuania, "Portrait of two Jewish girls "

Photograph of two Jewish girls from Panevezys. A taller girl is standing behind a shorter girl with her right arm on the shorter girl's shoulder and her left arm on the waist of the short girl. The taller girl is wearing a white shirt in contrast to the darker coloured outfit of the shorter girl. The taller girl is not looking at the camera, while the shorter girl is.

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Panevezys Lithuania, "A panjehauser in Panevezys"

Photograph of a panjehauser taken from the street outside in Panevezys. A panjehauser refers to a type of house with a wooden exterior, clay walls and a straw roof. These kinds of houses were popular amongst Jewish people and in these small towns, and were often used to house both people and animals. The insides of these houses would be reinforced with straw bales in order to insulate them and keep the house warm. [Source: http://www.wwiilectureinstitute.com/stories/beck.htm]. This panjehauser is one of a few on this street, but no people are included in the photograph.

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Panevezys Lithuania, "Some Jewish members of the Lithuanian Army"

Photograph of 11 members of the Lithuanian Guard/Army. The man third from the right is Mr I. Berger, and is the donor of this Series of photographs - among others in the Collection - to the SAJBOD Archives in 1988 after having moved to Johannesburg. The men in the photograph are wearing uniforms, some with hats and other without. They are gathered around a table, where one man is looking at a piece of paper, while also resting his arm on a pile of papers, and holding a pen. Two men are looking at the seated officer, while the rest are standing in the background looking at the camera.

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Panevezys Lithuania, "Mr Berger with fellow Lithuanian Army members"

Photograph of 8 members of the Lithuanian Army, posing in uniform. Mr I. Berger is photographed second from the right in the front row with some friends from the Lithuanian Army. Mr Berger donated this Series of photographs - among others in the Collection - to the SAJBOD Archives in 1988 after having moved to Johannesburg. The back row, from left to right, includes an officer leaning on a brick boulder, two officers lying on top of the boulder, and one offcer sitting on the edge of the boulder with his arms crossed and his hat next to him. The front row includes the remaining four officers, including Mr Berger, perched on the step of the boulder, with the officer on the far left sitting with crossed arms and crossed legs.

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Panevezys Lithuania, "The Leibowitz family in Panevezys"

Photograph of 8 members of the Leibowitz family taken in Panevezys. From left to right, there is a young male child standing, a woman seated, an older woman standing with an infant in her arms, a female toddler seated in a high chair, Mrs Leibowitz standing slightly behind her husband who is seated, and another young male child standing with his hand on his father's shoulder.

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