Yevgeny Khaldei:
The Great Patriotic War

October 14 through December 20, 2009
Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center

The Ukrainian-born Jewish photographer Khaldei is credited with many iconic images of World War II. The Soviet news agency TASS assigned him to cover the Red Army's operations in central Europe, the Potsdam conference, and the Nuremberg trials. This is a selection from the almost 100 photographs that Khaldei donated to Colgate students and faculty during his first visit to the United States in 1995.

Opening Reception 5-7 pm
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Lecture 4:30 pm
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
-- Golden Auditorium, Little Hall
D. Shneer - Shneer investigates this little known phenomenon of Soviet Jewish photographers documenting the war and the Holocaust for the Soviet and global reading populations. [ more ]