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Children of a vanished world / Roman Vishniac ; edited by Mara Vishniac Kohn and Miriam Hartman Flacks.
LIBRA DS135.E8 V56 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vishniac, Roman, 1897-1990.
- Series:
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish children--Europe, Eastern--Pictorial works.
- Jewish children.
- Jews.
- Europe, Eastern--Pictorial works.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Pictorial works.
- Eastern Europe.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 141 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999]
- Language Note:
- Includes texts of Yiddish songs with English translations by Miriam Hartman Flacks.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0520221877
- OCLC:
- 41185089
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