A beggar

A collection of postcards ‘The Vilna Jewish Ghetto’. Ca. 1928

A resident of Vilnius born and raised, Ber Zalkind (1879–1944), attended the Vilnius Drawing School, improved his professional skills in Paris, and in the interwar period taught art in Vilnius schools. Circa 1928, he published a collection of postcards ‘Vilnius Jewish Ghetto’ (Kunstvorlag publishers). Graphic drawings represent the Jewish religious and cultural centre described by Zalmen Szyk – the Great Synagogue and the Shulhoyf, courtyards with the kloyzn, Strashun’s library and adjacent streets. This neighbourhood was destroyed during the Second World War.

Text author Laima Laučkaitė

Expositions: ‘Vilnius Forever. A Dialogue of Artworks and Guides to the City’, 25 May 2022 – 30 April 2023 Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curator Laima Laučkaitė.

A collection of postcards ‘The Vilna Jewish Ghetto’. Ca. 1928

A resident of Vilnius born and raised, Ber Zalkind (1879–1944), attended the Vilnius Drawing School, improved his professional skills in Paris, and in the interwar period taught art in Vilnius schools. Circa 1928, he published a collection of postcards ‘Vilnius Jewish Ghetto’ (Kunstvorlag publishers). Graphic drawings represent the Jewish religious and cultural centre described by Zalmen Szyk – the Great Synagogue and the Shulhoyf, courtyards with the kloyzn, Strashun’s library and adjacent streets. This neighbourhood was destroyed during the Second World War.

Text author Laima Laučkaitė

Expositions: ‘Vilnius Forever. A Dialogue of Artworks and Guides to the City’, 25 May 2022 – 30 April 2023 Lithuanian Art Centre TARTLE (Užupio St. 40, Vilnius). Curator Laima Laučkaitė.