Abandoned factory in Kharkiv that Alexander Wienerberger was assigned to retrofit
Description
- Creator
- Wienerberger, Alexander, 1891-1955, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Book illustrations
- Description
- The factory bears its original sign (indistinct in the photo) that the photographer translates into German as "Lederfabrik 1918" [leather factory 1918]. Wienerberger was assigned to transform this building into a fully operational plastics manufacturing factory within a year.
The windows are missing and assorted machinery parts lay scattered in the yard. The caption states that the factory is in Kalten Berg, the German translation of a district of Kharkiv known as “Холодна Гора” or Kholodna Hora [Cold Mountain].
It is not clear whether there is late winter/early spring snow on the ground, or piles of factory/construction related debris. - 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.33.; description appears on p.171.
For further details, see Related Features at right. - Inscriptions
- "Die Fabrik am kalten Berge" [The factory on Cold Mountain (Холодна Гора)]
- Date of Original
- 1933
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Wienerberger, Alexander
- Language of Item
- German; Ukrainian
- 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. "Die Fabrik am kalten Berge."Hart auf hart. 15 Jahre Ingenieur in Sowjetrussland. Ein Tatsachenbericht. Salzburg, Leipzig: Pustet, 1939. f.p.33. Retrieved from: http://vitacollections.ca/HREC-holodomorphotodirectory/3655186/data
- Terms of Use
- Rightsholder requests that the name of the photographer, Alexander Wienerberger, accompany each authentic reproduction of his work.
