The vast majority of photographs from the Holocaust, including iconic images such as «the Warsaw ghetto boy» and the selections at Auschwitz were captured by German, Nazi photographers.
The Museum welcomes Judith Cohen (Chief Acquisitions Curator, USHMM) who will examine the ways in which our visualization of the Holocaust is predominantly projected through the lens of Nazi photographers and discuss how the work of Jewish ghetto photographers such as Henryk Ross can powerfully expand our vision, capturing aspects of life that were hidden from the Germans and introducing layers of ambiguity and nuance.
This talk is presented in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition «Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross,» which will be on view prior to the event.
Free—advance registration recommended.