Through Soviet Jewish Eyes Collection

The 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum, in conjunction with the Program in Jewish Studies, has acquired more than 100 prints taken by Soviet photographers, many of whom were Jewish. These important works span the gamut of Soviet history with a particular focus on how these photographers encountered World War II and the Holocaust.听Photographers represented in the 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum鈥檚 Soviet photography collection include:

Max Alpert, Russian (1899鈥1980);听Dmitri Baltermants, Russian (1912鈥1990);听Emmanuel Evzerichin;听Olga Ignatovich;听Yakov Khalip, Russian (1908鈥1980);听Viktor Kinelovsky;听Olga Lander,听Russian (1919鈥1996);听Mark Markov-Grinberg, Russian (1907鈥2003);听Mark Redkin, Russian (1908鈥1987);听Arkady Shaikhet, Russian (1898鈥1959);听Mikhail Trachman, Russian (1918鈥1976);听Victor Tyomin;听Vladimir Yudin;听Georgi Zelma, Russian (1906鈥1984)
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From this material along with generous loans from Teresa and Paul Harbaugh,听David Shneer, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History, and Lisa Tamiris Becker, former director of the 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum, curated听Through Soviet Jewish Eyes. The show opened听at the 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum in Fall 2011 and has been traveling ever since to such sites as the in New York City and will be opening at the in February 2014. 听The show highlights these photographers鈥 work by exhibiting material that shows what the war and the Holocaust looked like through the lens of the 鈥渙ther ally.鈥
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Photographs from this collection also inspired and were the subject matter of Professor Shneer鈥檚 book,听听(Rutgers University Press, 2010). This book can also be purchased at the听.听Proceeds support the exhibition and collection,听Through Soviet Jewish Eyes.

Dmitrii Baltermants, Russian (1912-1990), Grief, Kerch, Crimea, January 1942 (detail), gelatin silver print, 36.5 x 43.5 inches. Loan from Teresa and Paul Harbaugh. Photo: 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum, 漏 Estate of Dmitrii Baltermants