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Iofin’s portrait of his parents, painted before his emigration from the Soviet Union, was a sly protest against Socialist Realism. He painted in the style but parodied it by overloading his picture…
Contributor:
Michael Iofin
Places:
St. Petersburg, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1984
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The months of which I am about to write are probably amongst the most painful in my whole life; I interrupted my work on the book for a long time trying to summon up the courage to embark on this…
Contributor:
Ilya Ehrenburg
Places:
USSR (Russia)
Date:
1966
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A visitor came to the shtetl,
A stranger, with unrest in his step . . .
No-one recognized his unrest. No-one asked him:
“Stranger, are you weary?”
Across the blue sky the evening drew its curtain…
Contributor:
Izi Charik
Places:
Moscow, USSR (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1924