Teen-aged youth begging in Kharkiv

Description

Creator

Wienerberger, Alexander, 1891-1955, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Text

Item Types

Book illustrations

Photographs

Description

A teen-aged boy most likely from the countryside is shown begging in a busy urban setting. He looks exhausted and destitute in his tattered coat and trousers. What he owns is likely what he is wearing. Note that the people visible in the background are more lightly dressed than he is.

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.64.

For further details and a listing of originals and versions published through 1939 with their captions, see Related Features at right.

Inscriptions

Caption: “Russlands Jugend bettelt um ein Stückchen Brot” [Russia’s youth begging for a piece of bread]

Date of Original

spring-summer 1933

Subject(s)

Beggars
Children
Poverty
Starvation
Teenagers
Famine (Ukraine : 1932-1933)
Holodomor
Street children
Famine victims

Local identifier

PD114

Collection

Alexander Wienerberger: Beyond the Innitzer album

Language of Item

German

Geographic Coverage

Kharkiv

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Latitude: 49.98081 Longitude: 36.25272

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. “Russlands Jugend bettelt um ein Stückchen Brot.” Hart auf hart. 15 Jahre Ingenieur in Sowjetrussland. Ein Tatsachenbericht. By Alexander Wienerberger. Salzburg, Leipzig: Pustet, 1939. f.p.64. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636251/data

Location of Original