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People behind bars, Berlin Zoo
Date | early 1930s (printed 2012) |
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Location | Berlin Germany |
Dimensions | Image: 12 x 11 3/8 in. (30.5 x 28.9 cm) |
Print medium | Photo-Digital-Inkjet |
The oldest and most renowned zoo in Germany, the Zoologische Garten was a popular gathering place for Berlin’s middle- and upper-class Jewish community before World War II. Many affluent Jewish families, including the Vishniacs, were shareholders. Beginning in 1933, the zoo began to force out Jewish board members. In 1938, a sign reading “Juden unerwünscht” (Jews Unwanted) was displayed at the entrance to the zoo and in early 1939 Jews were denied entry entirely. In Vishniac’s photograph of the zoo’s famous polar bears, it appears that the visitors, and not the animals, are in a cage.
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© Mara Vishniac Kohn
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International Center of Photography
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Accession No. 2012.79.15