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Sholem Aleichem’s grotesque story “The Haunted Tailor” tells of a poor, witless tailor who is sent on a mission to buy a milk-giving goat, who turns out to be possessed. In the Soviet Union, it was…
Contributor:
Hersh (Grigory) Inger
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USSR (Soviet Union)
Date:
1968
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Emmanuel Evzerichin was one of several Soviet Jewish photographers who documented the battle of Stalingrad. Many of his photographs were unusual in that they focused not on combat, but on the effects…
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Emmanuel Evzerichin
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USSR (Soviet Union)
Date:
1943
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Boris Penson painted this self-portrait soon after he was refused a visa to emigrate to Israel. He depicted himself in prison stripes against a background of a grate against a dreary landscape. After…
Contributor:
Boris Penson
Places:
USSR (Soviet Union)
Date:
1968