Through Soviet Jewish eyes : photography, war, and the Holocaust /

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Most view the relationship of Jews to the Soviet Union through the lens of repression and silence. Focusing on an elite group of two dozen Soviet-Jewish photographers, Through Soviet Jewish Eyes presents a different picture. These artists participated in a social project they believed in and with wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shneer, David, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2011.
Series:Jewish cultures of the world.
Subjects:
1939-1945
Photographers > Soviet Union > History.
Photographers > Soviet Union > Biography.
Jewish photographers > Soviet Union > History.
Jewish photographers > Soviet Union > Biography.
Documentary photography > Soviet Union > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Photography.
War photography > Europe, Eastern.
World War, 1939-1945 > Europe, Eastern > Pictorial works.
Photographes > URSS > Histoire.
Photographes > URSS > Biographies.
Photographes juifs > URSS > Histoire.
Photographes juifs > URSS > Biographies.
Photographie documentaire > URSS > Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Photographie.
Photographie de guerre > Europe de l'Est.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Europe de l'Est > Ouvrages illustrés.
PHOTOGRAPHY > Criticism.
PHOTOGRAPHY > History.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
Documentary photography.
Jewish photographers.
Photographers.
Photography.
War photography.
Eastern Europe.
Soviet Union.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Pictorial works.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Most view the relationship of Jews to the Soviet Union through the lens of repression and silence. Focusing on an elite group of two dozen Soviet-Jewish photographers, Through Soviet Jewish Eyes presents a different picture. These artists participated in a social project they believed in and with which they were emotionally and intellectually invested-they were charged by the Stalinist state to tell the visual story of the unprecedented horror we now call the Holocaust. This passionate work tells their stories and highlights their work through their very own images-never-before-published phot.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 283 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813550190
081355019X
1283864169
9781283864169

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