The Known The group portraits probably come from many sources, but these family photographs were clearly taken by the town's studio photographer, unnamed and unknown, who recorded the faces of the town's citizens over the years. Many of these families and individuals appear to have been middle class, sitting proudly for a photograph to memorialize a special occasion, or perhaps simply, at Rosh Hashana, the passing of a year. Some of their identities were preserved:
Dr. Rabbi Samuel Danzig, rabbi of the Sephardic community, who was active in the Zionist movement. He perished in Auschwitz in 1944.
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