Roman Vishniac Traveling Exhibition

The photographer Roman Vishniac was best known for capturing images of Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. The Claims Conference provided a grant for the exhibition “Roman Vishniac Rediscovered” which took place at the International Center of Photography in New York and is now traveling.

[Jüdische Oberschule (Jewish Middle School) classroom of the Jüdische Gemeinde (Jewish Community), Grosse Hamburgerstrasse, Berlin], ca. 1936. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.
[Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, with stenciled flowers above her head, Warsaw], ca. 1935–37. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.
[Vishniac's daughter Mara posing in front of a shop specializing in instruments that measure the difference in size between Aryan and non-­‐Aryan skulls, Berlin], 1933. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.
[Nazi soldiers marching next to the Arsenal in front of the Berlin Cathedral], ca. 1935. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.
[Boy with kindling in a basement dwelling, Krochmalna Street, Warsaw], ca. 1935–38. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.
[David Eckstein, seven years old, and classmates in cheder (Jewish elementary school), Brod], ca. 1935–38. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.
Boy clutching his satchel, Pabianice, ca. 1935–38. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography
Exhausted. A carrier of heavy loads, Warsaw, ca. 1935–38 © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.
[Holocaust survivors gathering outside a building where matzoh is being made in preparation for the Passover holiday, Hénonville Displaced Persons' Camp, Picardy, France], 1947. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography
[Ruth Sternfeld, Schlachtensee Displaced Persons' Camp, Zehlendorf, Berlin], 1947. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography
Villagers in the Carpathian Mountains, ca. 1935–38. © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography.