A young boy with a swollen face and a very thin girl, begging in Kharkiv
Description
- Creator
- Wienerberger, Alexander, 1891-1955, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Types
- Book illustrations
- Photographs
- Description
- Two young children pose awkwardly for the camera. The caption to the photograph states that the children were begging near the train station in Kharkiv. The young boy’s face is unnaturally swollen. Swelling is a common symptom of advanced starvation, particularly in the legs, abdomen, or face; but the swelling could be the result of severe infection as well. Both children appear destitute and exhausted, particularly the young girl.
For further information on: Homeless children and children as victims, see "Context Note" under Related Features at right.
- Notes
- Photo source: Wienerberger, Alexander. Hart auf hart. 15 Jahre Ingenieur in Sowjetrussland. Ein Tatsachenbericht; mit 52 Original-Leicaaufnahmen des Verfassers. Salzburg, Leipzig: Pustet, 1939. f.p.17.
For further details and a listing of originals and versions published through 1939 with their captions, see Related Features at right. - Inscriptions
- Caption: “Halbverhungerte Kinder betteln auf einer Bahnstation. Man beachte das vor Hunger geschwollene Gesicht des Jungen, die ausgemergelte Brust des Mädchens” [Half-starved children beg at the train station. Notice the boy’s face swollen from starvation, the girl’s emaciated chest.]
- Date of Original
- spring-summer 1933
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- PD112
- Collection
- Alexander Wienerberger: Beyond the Innitzer album
- Language of Item
- German
- Geographic Coverage
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Kharkiv, Ukraine
Latitude: 49.98081 Longitude: 36.25272
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Holder
- Samara Pearce https://www.samarapearce.com/
- Recommended Citation
- Wienerberger, Alexander.1933. “Halbverhungerte Kinder betteln auf einer Bahnstation. Man beachte das vor Hunger geschwollene Gesicht des Jungen, die ausgemergelte Brust des Mädchens.” Hart auf hart. 15 Jahre Ingenieur in Sowjetrussland. Ein Tatsachenbericht. Salzburg, Leipzig: Pustet, 1939. f.p.17. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636248/data
- Location of Original
- Location of original photograph reproduced in this publication is unknown.
- Terms of Use
- Rightsholder requests that the name of the photographer, Alexander Wienerberger, accompany each authentic reproduction of his work.
- Reproduction Notes
- Reproduced with the permission of rightsholder Samara Pearce. Source: Book cited in NOTES above.
