Title
Man digging pit while boys search the ground for potatoes
Medium
half-tone positive on polyester film base with painted verso
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Type of object
Photomechanical Transparency
Description
"The ghetto authorities used to bury [frozen potatoes] in the ground in chlorine, as they were unsuitable... The children knew where they were to be found and dug them up - they were so hungry that it didn't matter to them what they ate." - Henryk Ross