Lives Remembered: A Shtetl Through a Photographers' Eye
Levine, Louis D. / Rosen, Jonathan / Shandler, Jeffrey
Zalman Kaplan, the towns photographer, captured the history of Szczuczyn from within the community. So in addition to photographing the town cemetery and architecture and meetings, he also recorded Purim parties, family portraits, bicycle excursions, and other moments of carefree life. What is so poignant is that the towns nearly 3, 000 Jews, pictured leading vibrant and joyful lives, had no idea what disastrous fate was to befall them. Compel...