Mass grave burial site near Kharkiv with many new burial mounds

Description

Creator

Wienerberger, Alexander, 1891-1955, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Text

Item Types

Photographs

Photograph albums

Description

We see a new mass burial site on the edge of the city, similar to that portrayed in PD22 (http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636403/data ), with numerous mass graves for the unnamed victims of famine found on the streets of Kharkiv. On the right, we see homes hidden behind a row of trees. A village is seen on the horizon. In the mid-distance, a gravedigger is barely visible, resting by a new pit he is digging.

For further information on: Death and burial of famine victims in the city, see "Context Note" under Related Features at right.

Notes

Photo source: Wienerberger, Alexander. Die Hungertragödie in Südrussland; also known as the Innitzer Album, 1934. p.22.

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: “Massengräber für die Verhungerten.” [Mass graves for the victims of starvation.]

Date of Original

spring-summer 1933

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 10.8cm
Image Height: 7.9cm

Subject(s)

Cemeteries
Gravedigging
Graves
Mass burials
Famine (Ukraine : 1932-1933)
Holodomor
Famine victims

Local identifier

PD23

Collection

Alexander Wienerberger: Innitzer album

Language of Item

German

Geographic Coverage

Kharkiv

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Latitude: 49.98081 Longitude: 36.25272

Copyright Statement

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Copyright Holder

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

Recommended Citation

Wienerberger, Alexander. 1933. “Massengräber für die Verhungerten,” in: Die Hungertragödie in Südrussland 1933. Vienna: Diözesanarchiv der Erzdiözese, [1934]. p.22. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3636393/data

Location of Original