Roman Vishniac recordings

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.0125

Overview

Description: Audio recordings of Roman Vishniac speeches, 1960s-1970s.
1. Lecture "Stetl [sic] for Children" recorded in Albany NY 18 Feb 1972 (cassette tape)
2. Recollections of Vishniac's meeting in 1930s Vienna with psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich and Reich's wife, recorded in 29 June 1975 (two sides, cassette tape).
3. Schaker's [...] Voice done by Avorio[...] (reel)
4. Bronx high school May 4, 1965 Enigma of Evolution (reel)
Date: Recorded: 1965-1975
Contributor: Recorded By: Roman Vishniac
Biography: Roman Vishniac was born in 1897 in St. Petersburg, Russia and was educated in the Universities of Moscow and Berlin. From 1933 to 1939, he traveled throughout eastern Europe--Russia, Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, and Lithuania--photographing Jewish communities. He was arrested and imprisoned repeatedly by police who suspected him of photographing Jews. Of the sixteen thousand images he took, two thousand negatives still exist. Vishniac's photographs were made with a hidden Leica camera which he wrapped a handkerchief around and exposed the film as he wiped his brow. He also used a concealed Rollei or 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 camera. The Rollei was kept under his coat with the lens protruding through an enlargened button hole.
Format: Audiotape (reel-to-reel); magnetic; 15 IPS
Audiotape (reel-to-reel); magnetic; 3 3/4 ips
Audiocassette; magnetic
Audiocassette; magnetic

Conditions on Access: You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
Copyright: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Mara Vishniac Kohn
Conditions on Use: All queries concerning the Vishniac Archive, including all rights and reproduction requests, should be directed to The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California at Berkeley, magnesrights@berkeley.edu.

Legal Status: In process
Recorded Sound Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received these recordings from New York's International Center of Photography (ICP) in November 2008. They were discarded from the ICP's Roman Vishniac Archive, which is now housed at the The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.
Recorded Sound Source: The International Center of Photography