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How German Jews used photographs to document their experiences in the face of National Socialism

Still Lives is a systematic study of the ways Jews used photographs to document their experiences in the face of National Socialism. In a time of intensifying anti-Jewish rhetoric and policies, German Jews documented their…

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1 author picked Still Lives as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

What can be better than to have a book completely scuttle your assumptions, starting with the photograph on the cover? Like many people, I thought of Jewish life during the years of Nazi Germany before the war as a period of distress and increasing pressure to leave.

These family photographs present a much more complicated view, inviting me to wrestle with my assumptions.

From Deborah's list on Jewish photographers and their pictures.

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