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  4. A chess game played by a young girl and boy in the Mogilev ghetto in Transnistria

A chess game played by a young girl and boy in the Mogilev ghetto in Transnistria

Chess set that Chaya Stecolchic received from Leone Goldstein on their liberation from the Mogilev ghetto, Transnistria
Chess set that Chaya Stecolchic received from Leone Goldstein on their liberation from the Mogilev ghetto, Transnistria

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Chaya (Stecolcic) Shirding, Israel

Chess set that Chaya Stecolchic received from Leone Goldstein on their liberation from the Mogilev ghetto, Transnistria
Chess board
Chess board

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Chaya (Stecolcic) Shirding, Israel

Chess board
Stecolcic Family, circa 1930, right to left: Sara, David with Misha on his lap, Rosa, Luba, Bluma and in front – Chaya
Stecolcic Family, circa 1930, right to left: Sara, David with Misha on his lap, Rosa, Luba, Bluma and in front – Chaya

Stecolcic Family, circa 1930, right to left: Sara, David with Misha on his lap, Rosa, Luba, Bluma and in front – Chaya
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