Lot 4421: Zadek, Walter: Holocaust survivors welcomed by crowd in Haifa

Holocaust survivors and war refugees being welcomed by crowd in Haifa. 1947/48. 2 vintage gelatin silver prints on chamois paper. 16 x 22 cm and 22 x 16 cm. Both annotated in Hebrew in pencil on the verso.
Born in Berlin, the photojournalist Walter Zadek emigrated to Israel in 1933 where he founded the Association of Professional Photographers in Palestine in 1939. - Minimal oxidation mirroringin edges and one slightly time-stained in lower right corner, traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise in very good condition.
Lit.: Hanno Loewy (ed.). Walter Zadek. Kein Utopia...Berlin 1986.