Roman Vishniac

Last week i have been to the Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme (Museum of art and history of Judaism).
http://www.mahj.org/en/
I wanted to see the exhibition of photos by Roman Vishniac.

The courtyard of the Museum, December 2014, ©emmarubinstein

Before, you walk through three rooms of the museum.
I have already been there a long time ago for that exhibition:
http://www.mahj.org/en/3_expositions/expo_passe_detail.php?niv=4&ssniv=9&annee_date=2007&expo_id=67

An old menorah, Museum of Art and History of Judaism, Paris 4,
December 2014, ©emmarubinstein

Famous rabbis, Museum of Art and History of Judaism, Paris 4,
December 2014, ©emmarubinstein

The exhibition is great: you follow the life of the photographer and the lives of the photos. The Jews were not allowed to be photographer. You can see some photos where he asked his daughter for being a sort of model to take the change of Berlin.

His photos are a real witness of the future tragedy of the Jewish people. The collection is huge.
From their apartment to a basement where they lived in a total poverty, from nearly everything to nothing, the loss of their own dignity…

Photo by Roman Vishniac, beautiful typography,
December 2014, ©emmarubinstein

The most important is the message below. Thus, if you have survivors in your family, that will be awesome that they spend time to check the photos. Ver veys, they can find some people of their family and help the ICP for this work of archives. Spread the word!

Important message to the survivors of WWII,
December 2014, ©emmarubinstein

Names plaques by the artist Christian Boltanski on an outside wall,
Museum of Art and History of Judaism, Paris 4,
December 2014, ©emmarubinstein