Polish Jewish children, 1938. Artist: Roman Vishniac

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Polish Jewish children, 1938. Jewish boys reading Hebrew in Carpatho, Ruthenia, now part of the Ukraine. Russian-born biologist, photographer and art historian Roman Vishniac (1897-1990) documented the vanishing way of life of Jewish communities in Central and Western Europe before the Second World War.

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Photo credit: © From the Jewish Chronicle Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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