- Artist/Maker:
- Sonia Handelman Meyer
- Bio:
- American, 1920-2022
- Title:
- Hebrew Immigration Aid Society
- Date:
- c. 1946
- Medium:
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions:
- 7 9/16 × 9 11/16 in. (19.2 × 24.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Mimi and Barry J. Alperin in memory of Max Alperin
- Accession Number:
- 2009-38
- Copyright:
- © Sonia Handelman Meyer
Not On View
The efforts of the New York-based Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS) to rescue European Jews during the war were severely hampered by US immigration laws. After the war it aided in the resettlement of some 150,000 displaced persons, including, presumably, these three, whom Handelman Meyer has chosen to photograph in close-up. She conveys both their common suffering and their individuality, emphasizing differences in body language and dress.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.