Children of a Vanished World Hardcover - 1999
by Roman Vishniac; Mara Vishniac Kohn (Editor); Miriam Hartman Flacks (Editor)
Between 1935 and 1938 the celebrated photographer Roman Vishniac captured Jewish life in the cities and villages of Eastern Europe. His daughter now offers his last-minute look at a people just before the fury of Nazi brutality exterminated them. 70 duotones.
From the rear cover
"Vishniac came back from his trips to Eastern Europe in the 1930s with a collection of photographs that has become an important historical document, for it gives a last-minute look at the human beings he photographed just before the fury of Nazi brutality exterminated them. Vishniac took with him on this self-imposed assignment--besides this or that kind of camera and film--a rare depth of understanding and a native son's warmth and love for his people. The resulting photographs are among photography's finest documents of a time and place."--Edward Steichen
"Not to forget, not to allow oblivion to defeat memory: That is his obsession. Defying all dangers, surmounting all obstacles, he travels from province to province, from village to village, capturing slums and markets, a gesture here, a movement there, reflections of hope and despair, so that the victims will not wholly vanish into the abyss--so that they will live on, past torture and past massacre. And he has won the wager: They live still."--Elie Wiesel
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- Title Children of a Vanished World
- Author Roman Vishniac; Mara Vishniac Kohn (Editor); Miriam Hartman Flacks (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 156
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
- Date 1999-10-25
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780520221871 / 0520221877
- Weight 2.04 lbs (0.93 kg)
- Dimensions 9.56 x 9.23 x 0.78 in (24.28 x 23.44 x 1.98 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Europe, Eastern, Jews - Europe, Eastern
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99027866
- Dewey Decimal Code 947.000
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Citations
- Booklist, 12/15/1999, Page 754
- Ingram Advance, 10/01/1999, Page 187
- Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2000, Page 99
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