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Roman Vishniac
Boy with a Toothache, 1937
"Boy with a Toothache", 1937. © Roman Vishniac.
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Introduction
Commissioned by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) to document the lives of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe (the Ashkenazim) for fundraising purposes, Roman Vishniac embarked on a photographic journey that became a visual rescue mission of a world on the brink of the abyss.
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