A thin young girl faces the camera as she stands near a factory in Kharkiv

Description

Creator

Wienerberger, Alexander, 1891-1955, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Text

Item Types

Photographs

Photograph albums

Description

In the caption that appears in his memoir, Hart auf Hart, Wienerberger states that the young girl is the daughter of the gatekeeper at the factory where he was a managing consultant. Another caption points out that her face is swollen - a sign of starvation. She lifts her skirt above her knees to show her thin legs. A goat ambles by behind her. The goat probably belongs to a worker’s family, which is thus especially fortunate to have a supply of milk to supplement the very meager amount of food available via their ration cards or to barter for other necessities.

For further information on: The situation for Urban Residents and Industrial Workers, 1932-1933, 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.7.

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

Inscriptions

Handwritten caption in album: “Arbeiterkind aus Charkoff.” [A worker’s child from Kharkiv.]

Date of Original

spring-summer 1933

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 7.9cm
Image Height: 10.8cm

Subject(s)

Animals
Children
City and town life
Starvation
Working class
Famine (Ukraine : 1932-1933)
Holodomor
Famine victims

Local identifier

PD8

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. “Arbeiterkind aus Charkoff,” in: Die Hungertragödie in Südrussland 1933. Vienna: Diözesanarchiv der Erzdiözese, [1934]. p.7. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636365/data

Location of Original