Jewish Holocaust Survivors, prints (volume 1 of 2)
Creator:
Finkle, Harvey (creator, photographer)
Date:
1977/1978
Description:
Black-and-white photographic prints which, according to Finkle's notes, is "an attempt to document how Survivors put their lives together after suffering from the horrors of the Holocaust." Prints feature portraits and candid photographs of families, food stores, a garment factory, a gathering at the statue of what is now the Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza, home life, playing music, news articles, old family pictures, schools, tailor shops, and graphic historic images of the Holocaust. Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer who has documented the social, economic, cultural, and political issues in the city of Philadelphia and across the globe. Finkle's work largely focuses on historically marginalized communities, including low income and homeless families, homeless veterans, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people, providing documentation of activism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and focuses on social injustices in the city, the country, and the world.
The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Notes:
All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.
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