Photograph: School (on the right) and tavern

European Jews

Podolia province, Olgopolsky district, Shtetl of Peschanka

1924

Gelatin silver printing with chemical development (DOP)

7,3 x 10,8

РЭМ 4161-3

In 1924, Peschanka had 750 Jews (about 3,100 residents in all). Apart from commerce, some Jewish families also worked on the land and grew tobacco. In 1923, a Jewish agricultural cooperative named “Industriousness” was established there, its members being mostly poor men and workers. The authorities allotted land to the collective farm, and the ORT organization helped in purchasing cattle, farming implements and seeds.