A Vanished World - Roman Vishniac

Description: A Vanished World - Roman Vishniac Forward by Elie Weisel Farrar, Straus & Giroux1986 paperback edition12x12” Roman Vishniac's A Vanished World is an extraordinary record of the lives of German and Eastern European Jews in the years immediately preceding the Holocaust. Vishniac, a Russian Jew, began to take photographs of village life during World War I, when Russian Jews who lived near the front were accused of being German spies and were deported to Siberia. He later moved to Germany, where he witnessed the horrible events of Kristallnacht and the anti-Jewish legislation that allowed Hitler to declare his enemies stateless and therefore unworthy of international protection. As we study Vishniac's photographs--a surviving fraction of the more than 16,000 he took--we are aware that we are seeing the faces of those soon to die, witnessing a world that has all but perished. Yet that world, of shops and schools, of busy streets and quiet farms, remains with us if only as a ghostly memory, thanks in part to Vishniac's compassionate eye. CONDITION: Acceptable - cover has some creases and there is a red remainder marking on bottom of book. The book has the feel of one that has been well viewed. Interior pages are in Very Good Condition and binding is tight. SHIPPING & HANDLING: $7.50The utmost care is given to every book I package and ship, regardless of sale price!

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