Orchestra in Zaleszczyki, Poland, 1926.
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Tosia Szechter Schneider's father, Jacob Szechter, had been an active member of Zaleszcyki community for many years. Here, he is seated first from the right on a chair.
ID: 11 people holding instruments, some sitting and some standing.
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Anti-Semitism in Poland
"It was subtle but it was there. In 1935, when President PiĆsudski died, and the right wing party took over, there were some, laws propagated that were definitely anti-Semitic, like ritual slaughter forbidden. What I recall that was really painful…