Title

Polish Jewish children, 1938. Artist: Roman Vishniac

Caption

Polish Jewish children, 1938. Jewish boys reading Hebrew in Carpatho, Ruthenia, now part of the Ukraine. Russian-born biologist, photographer and art historian Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) documented the vanishing way of life of Jewish communities in Central and Western Europe before the Second World War.
From the Jewish Chronicle Archive

Date

1930

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B71_238

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,1Mb) / 13,4in x 14,5in / 4018 x 4346 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male boy boys child children religious arts country religion book Poland lighting polish Judaism Jewish lamp location century studying thirties literature B&W JEW MONOCHROME Hebrew black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century kerosene lamp photograph Roman Vishniac Vishniac Roman photograph