Robert Capa and Mark Markov-Grinberg collection

Identifier: irn524081
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524081

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dr. Mark Reichman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs taken by Robert Capa, a Hungarian Jewish photojournalist, during the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and photographic prints by Mark Markov-Grinberg, a Soviet Jewish photographer and war correspondent, before and during World War II.

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Displaying items 1 to 13 of 13

Robert Capa photograph of an Orthodox Jewish male in a rubble strewn street
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524082
- English
- overall: Height: 9.125 inches (23.178 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa taken 10 minutes after the cease-fire began in June 1948 in the old Orthodox Jewish quarter in Jerusalem. This area was the closest to the front and had experienced the heaviest shelling. It was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘A Tale of Two Cities’’, published with text by Irwin Shaw in the London magazine, Illustrated, in July 1948.
Robert Capa photograph of two soldiers carrying a stretcher with a wounded man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524083
- English
- overall: Height: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm) | Width: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa taken in Tel Aviv in July 1948 as Irgun soldiers, now part of the Israeli Defense Forces, removed their wounded from the beach while under heavy fire. It was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: "Palestine War: Jews Rebellion Against Provisional Government."
Robert Capa photograph of a people on shore observing a stranded ship
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524084
- English
- overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa taken of the stranded cruiser, Altalena, offshore of Tel Aviv in July 1948. It depicts a long line of people on the beach observing a stranded ship. Passengers are abandoning the ship and there are many people visible on the ship and in the water. The photo was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘Jews Fights Jews on the Beach of Tel Aviv."
Robert Capa photograph of the ship Altalena, Israeli War for Independence
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524085
- English
- overall: Height: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa taken of the main bathing beach in Tel Aviv aof the stranded offshore cruiser, Altalena, in July 1948. It taken during the Israeli War for Independence from the rooftop of the United Nations observers station in the Hotel Kaethe Dan. The photo was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘Jews Fights Jews on the Beach of Tel Aviv."
Robert Capa photograph of a performance by the Israeli Philharmonic
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524086
- English
- overall: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa taken of the Israeli Philharmonic in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv in August 1949. It was published as part of a promotional piece: "Israel's First Year: A Report on a New State."
Robert Capa photograph of an elderly Jewish man in the new state of Israel
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524087
- English
- overall: Height: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa of an elderly white bearded Jewish man, a citizen of the new state of Israel, taken in August 1949. It was published as part of a promotional piece: ‘‘Israel's First Year. A Report on a new state."
Robert Capa photograph of a Palestinian in Arabic dress at a barbed wire border
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524088
- English
- overall: Height: 9.620 inches (24.435 cm) | Width: 8.120 inches (20.625 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa of a Palestinian on the other side of the barbed wire border in the middle of the street in Beit Jala, near Bethelem, Israel, taken in August 1949. It was published as part of a promotional piece: ‘‘Israel's First Year. A Report on a new state."
Robert Capa photograph of 3 soldiers loading a truck in Tel Aviv
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524089
- English
- overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa taken in Tel Aviv in July 1948 of Israeli soldiers on a street corner. It was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘Israel’s First Year’’, published in August 1948 in the London magazine, Illustrated. The caption on the reverse of this photograph does not reflect the scene described in the caption; it is possible that it was cropped or that the caption refers to another photograph used in the article. There was an article by this title using Capa photographs, published in Life magazine in July: ‘‘Jew Fights Jew in Israel: photographer records il...
Robert Capa photograph of an elderly stone mason cutting a road for Israeli soldiers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524090
- English
- overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) pictorial area: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print by Robert Capa depicting Israeli soldiers waiting for a stone mason to assemble his compressor to cut stones for a new road to Jerusalem in June 1948. It was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘A Tale of Two Cities’’, in July 1948 in the London magazine, Illustrated, with text by Irwin Shaw. It records the last hours in Jerusalem before the cease fire, when the city and the mountain road was being bombed and under constant fire.
Mark Markov-Grinberg photograph of a nude female statue with an oar against a moonlit sky
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524091
- English
- 1930
- overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print depicting a night scene of a nude female sculpture by Mark Markov-Grinberg. Markov-Grinberg was a major Social Realist photographer during the Stalinist era of the 1930s-1940s. He worked for major newspapers and journals, including TASS. He was a war correspondent during the Soviet-Finnish War from 1939-1940 and, in 1941, was drafted to fight in World War II. While a soldier, he continued his work as a photographer and army correspondent. After the war, he returned to his job at TASS.
Markov-Grinberg photograph of a smiling girl wearing a headscarf and waving a cloth
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524092
- English
- 1936
- overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic print of the Celebration of the Horsemen in the North Caucases (sic) by Mark Markov-Grinberg. Markov-Grinberg was a major Social Realist photographer during the Stalinist era of the 1930s-1940s. He worked for major newspapers and journals, including TASS. He was a war correspondent during the Soviet-Finnish War from 1939-1940 and, in 1941, was drafted to fight in World War II. While a soldier, he continued his work as a photographer and army correspondent. After the war, he returned to his job at TASS.
Markov-Grinberg photograph of a smiling young man and woman rowing a boat
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524093
- English
- 1932
- overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photograph of a young couple in a rowboat by Mark Markov-Grinberg. Markov-Grinberg was a major Social Realist photographer during the Stalinist era of the 1930s-1940s. He worked for major newspapers and journals, including TASS. He was a war correspondent during the Soviet-Finnish War from 1939-1940 and, in 1941, was drafted to fight in World War II. While a soldier, he continued his work as a photographer and army correspondent. After the war, he returned to his job at TASS.
Markov-Grinberg photograph of soldiers driving horse drawn wagons while planes fly overhead
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn524094
- English
- 1936
- overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Photograph of soldiers in Kiev on military maneuvers by Mark Markov- Grinberg. Markov-Grinberg was a major Social Realist photographer during the Stalinist era of the 1930s-1940s. He worked for major newspapers and journals, including TASS. He was a war correspondent during the Soviet-Finnish War from 1939-1940 and, in 1941, was drafted to fight in World War II. While a soldier, he continued his work as a photographer and army correspondent. After the war, he returned to his job at TASS.