A starving farmer tries to lean on an elbow as he lies near a house in Kharkiv (Death by starvation series, no. 2)

Description

Creator

Wienerberger, Alexander, 1891-1955, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Text

Item Types

Photographs

Photograph albums

Description

Death by starvation series, no. 2. This is the second in a sequence of 4 photos which Alexander Wienerberger compiled into a brief series to portray how the starving people from the farms and villages ultimately succumb and die after finding no relief in the city of Kharkiv. The photographer states in his memoir Hart auf hart, that the photos were taken across a period of 6 days, documenting the toll of starvation on the life of one particular farmer.

The farmer depicted in PD18 (http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636386/data ) now lies in the vicinity of the same house, but seems to be in a very weakened state. His tattered coat is buttoned up to his chin, his hat and a can are visible near his left leg, and a walking stick lies under his left arm.

For further information on: The fate of Ukraine's rural migrants in the cities, see "Context Note" under Related Features at right.

Notes

Photo source: Wienerberger, Alexander. Die Hungertragödie in Südrussland 1933; also known as the Innitzer Album, 1934. p.18.

This is one of 25 photographs depicting life and death in and around Kharkiv during the Holodomor that the photographer put together in a small album with a handwritten title: Die Hungertragödie in Südrussland 1933 [The Tragedy of Famine in South Russia 1933.] He presented the album to the Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodor Innitzer of Vienna in 1934 as an expression of appreciation for the Cardinal’s efforts in trying to organize an international campaign to assist the victims of starvation in 1933. The album is housed in the collections of the Diözesanarchiv, Vienna, Austria.

For essays and a listing of originals and versions published through 1939 with their captions, see menus at right.

Inscriptions

Handwritten caption in album: "II."
Note: the first photo in the series has the caption: “Die Tragödie eines Bauern in vier Bildern. I.” [The tragedy of a farmer in four pictures. I.] See PD18 (http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636386/data )

Date of Original

spring-summer 1933

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 10.8cm
Image Height: 7.9cm

Subject(s)

Death
Farmers
Homeless persons
Peasants
Poverty
Starvation
Famine (Ukraine : 1932-1933)
Holodomor
Death by starvation series
Famine victims

Local identifier

PD19

Collection

Alexander Wienerberger: Innitzer album

Language of Item

German

Geographic Coverage

Kharkiv

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Latitude: 49.98081 Longitude: 36.25272

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Copyright Holder

Samara Pearce https://www.samarapearce.com/

Recommended Citation

Wienerberger, Alexander. 1933. "II," in: Die Hungertragödie in Südrussland 1933. Vienna: Diözesanarchiv der Erzdiözese, [1934]. p.18. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636387/data

Location of Original