Lives Remembered: A Shtetl Through a Photographer's Eye - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0960997075 ISBN 13: 9780960997077

Publisher: Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2002

Synopsis

Zalman Kaplan, the towns photographer, captured the history of Szczuczyn from within the community. So in addition to photographing the town cemetery and architecture and meetings, he also recorded Purim parties, family portraits, bicycle excursions, and other moments of carefree life. What is so poignant is that the towns nearly 3,000 Jews, pictured leading vibrant and joyful lives, had no idea what disastrous fate was to befall them. Compelling essays by Jonathan Rosen and Jeffrey Shandler provide excellent context for understanding the shtetl of Szczuczyn. Rosens essay, for example, draws a parallel to September 11, how the photographs used on missing posters and in newspapers were of the subject at a time of joy. Photographs of lives lived, like the portraits in the book, now symbolize not how these people lived, but how they died.

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About the Author

Jonathan Rosen is the author of the nove"l Eve's Apple," He created the Arts & Letters section of "The Forward," which he edited for ten years. His essays have appeared in "The New York Times Magazine," "The New York Times Book Review," "The American Scholar," and several anthologies. He lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of Jewish Heritage
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0960997075
• ISBN 13: 9780960997077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 123
• Editor: Levine Louis D.