Pre-war photograph of Jew taken clandestinely by Roman Vishniac
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Roman Vishniac was born in 1897 in St. Petersburg, Russia and was educated in the Universities of Moscow and Berlin. From 1933 to 1939, he traveled throughout eastern Europe--Russia, Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, and Lithuania--photographing Jewish communities. He was arrested and imprisoned repeatedly by police who suspected him of photographing Jews. Of the sixteen thousand images he took, two thousand negatives still exist. Vishniac's photographs were made with a hidden Leica camera which he wrapped a handkerchief around and exposed the film as he wiped his brow. He also used a concealed Rollei or 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 camera. The Rollei was kept under his coat with the lens protruding through an enlargened button hole.
The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Mara Vishniac Kohn, the daughter of Roman Vishniac.
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Pre-war photograph of Jew taken clandestinely by Roman Vishniac
overall: Height: 28.190 inches (71.603 cm) | Width: 22.130 inches (56.21 cm)
In the catalog that accompanies this photograph, Vishniac explained"The grandfather was a wise man with long experience in suffering, but he could not give any advice, any help, to his granddaughter. She was young and strong and able to work. But the boycott destroyed all possibilities. Because she was Jewish her knowledge of typing in good Polish would not help" Original created by Roman Vishniac, 1937, Lublin, Poland. Reproduced from original negative by Witkin-Berley Limited, 1977, Roslyn Heights, New York.
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Permanently mounted on board; image of a young woman and an old man standing close to one another. Image permanently mounted on board; verso, printed label, lower left corner,"print No. 5 of portfolio 33 published in 1977 by Witkin-Berley, Ltd"