Lot 1411 Hartmanova,. Jüdischer Friedhof in Brandýs …

Jüdischer Friedhof in Brandýs nad Labem (Tschechien). - 7 Vintages. Silbergelatine (12,3 x 17,5 cm). Quer.-8°- Album.

Judaica

Photographie - Photographen – Der jüdische Friedhof von Brandýs nad Labem ist ein eindrucksvolles Zeugnis der einstigen jüdischen Gemeinde der mittelböhmischen Stadt, die heute mit Stará Boleslav die Doppelstadt Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav bildet. Die historische Begräbnisstätte bewahrt Grabmäler mit hebräischen Inschriften und tradierten Symbolen jüdischer Sepulkralkultur. Ihre zum Teil dicht stehenden, von Vegetation umgebenen und teils verwitterten Steine vermitteln zugleich den Charakter eines Erinnerungsortes und eines historischen Archivs. Die hier gezeigten Fotografien entstanden laut handschriftlicher Albumwidmung am 2. Oktober 1957 und dokumentieren den Friedhof in einer Zeit, als viele jüdische Begräbnisstätten in der Tschechoslowakei nach der Vernichtung der jüdischen Gemeinden während der Shoah und unter den Bedingungen der Nachkriegszeit kaum gepflegt wurden. Sie besitzen daher nicht nur fotografischen, sondern auch lokal- und kulturhistorischen Quellenwert: Die Aufnahmen halten die Gestaltung einzelner Grabsteine, ihre hebräischen Inschriften und den damaligen Erhaltungszustand der Anlage fest.

Photography – Jewish Cemetery in Brandýs nad Labem (Czech Republic). - 7 vintage prints. Silver gelatin prints (12.3 × 17.5 cm). Oblong octavo album. The Jewish cemetery of Brandýs nad Labem is a striking testament to the former Jewish community of this Central Bohemian town, which today forms the twin town of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav together with Stará Boleslav. This historic burial ground preserves tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions and traditional symbols of Jewish funerary culture. Some of the stones stand closely together, surrounded by vegetation and partly weathered, they convey the character both of a site of remembrance and of a historical archive. According to the handwritten inscription in the album, the photographs were taken on 2 October 1957. They document the cemetery at a time when many Jewish burial grounds in Czechoslovakia received little maintenance in the aftermath of the destruction of Jewish communities during the Shoah and amid the conditions of the post-war period. The photographs therefore possess not only photographic value but also significance as sources for local and cultural history: they record the design of individual tombstones, their Hebrew inscriptions, and the condition of the cemetery at that time.

Startprice: 400 €
Estimate: 600 €

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