Objects

Three smiling women throwing lumps of snow at a man kneeling in front of them, on a snowy street, with a wooden fence at the back, a storey house behind it and further buildings. On their sleeves they are wearing prominent Star of David armbands. Rutka (surname unknown) seen at centre of the photograph, the man is (probably) her fiancé.

The photograph was taken on ul. Pomorska (Pomorska Street), near the house at ul. Pomorska 7 (7 Pomorska Street) [now ul. Jarońskich (Jarońskich Street)]. The location and the behaviour and attire of the people portrayed indicate that the photograph was presumably taken in the winter of 1939/1940 (less likely the winter of 1940/1941), before the establishment of the Kielce Ghetto on 5 April 1941.

A group of the same people in this location was photographed in photographs with accession numbers MHKi/H/2422/1-8. A young woman named Rutka was portrayed in photographs with accession numbers MHKi/H/2422/1–2, 4–5, 9–11, 15–20, 22–36, 38, 40–41, 44–58, 60, 62–67, 152.