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THE LOST CHILDREN

 This series was initially inspired by Roman Vishniac’s pre- World War II photographs of Eastern European shtetl children. Each remembrance portrait is based upon an actual photographic image.   Since identity is usually unknown, I have given each child a first name and when pertinent, the surname Weiss, my mother’s maiden name.

MENDEL & SENDER

MENDEL & SENDER

GITTEL & LEIZOR

GITTEL & LEIZOR

VELVEL & KALMAN

VELVEL & KALMAN

TOIBE & BREINA

TOIBE & BREINA

LIBA & ELKA

LIBA & ELKA

LEIB

LEIB

DOVID

DOVID

SHAINA

SHAINA

CHAIM

CHAIM

MICHAEL

MICHAEL

ELLEN SARA

ELLEN SARA

HODE & RAISA

HODE & RAISA

SHAYNA

SHAYNA

CHAVA

CHAVA

ESTER

ESTER

MARIANNE SARA

MARIANNE SARA

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