INV. 093 · Photograph
Burial of Torah scrolls after Kishinev
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Photograph of the funeral procession after the pogrom: covered biers, with a Torah scroll visible on one of the carts.
Editorial note: License and authorship checked on the Commons file page on October 15, 2026. The local image may be a reduced copy of the original scan.
- Type
- Photograph
- Nature
- Period photographA photograph taken at the time of the events it shows.
- Date of the object
- 1903Date tied to the object or to the event it depicts.
- Image
- Unknown
- Licence
- Public domain
- Retrieved
- Commons API, 2026-10-15
Sourced historical context
After the attack, desecrated Torah scrolls were laid on stretchers for burial. According to official statistics, at Kishinev forty-nine Jews died, 587 were injured, and about two thousand families lost their homes.