Image
Photograph of a Girl by Roman Vishniac
Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, with stenciled flowers above her head, Warsaw, ca. 1935–1938.
Subject
- History
Language
English — USUpdated
Photograph of a Girl by Roman Vishniac
![A young girl sitting up in bed with stenciled flowers on the wall behind her. Taken circa 1935-1938.](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_480/public/2022-07/15_Vishniac_girl_GALLERY_2_Medium_res.jpg?itok=EJ_EMa93)
Photograph of a Girl by Roman Vishniac
Sara, sitting in bed in a basement dwelling, with stenciled flowers above her head, Warsaw, ca. 1935–1938. One of Vishniac’s best-known photographs, this image was printed on charity tins and circulated throughout France to collect donations. Some of Vishniac’s famous images were staged to evoke sympathy.
Credit:
Photographer: Roman Vishniac. Credit: Mara Vishniac Kohn
Using the strategies from Facing History is almost like an awakening.
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