Walter Zadek - A Collection of Rare Photographs of Chaim Arlozorov / Photos of Arlozorov's funeral

Walter Zadek - A Collection of Rare Photographs of Chaim Arlozorov / Photos of Arlozorov's funeral

11 rare photographs documenting Haim Arlozorov, one of the most prominent leaders of MPI and the head of the political department at the agency / photographs from the funeral ceremony of Arlozorov, who was shot dead on a Tel Aviv beach. Photographer: Walter Zadek.

Among them are: a rare photograph of Arlozorov with his wife and children - according to what is known this is the last photo of Arlozorov before his murder on June 16, 1933 at the beach in Tel Aviv, a group photo of Arlozorov separate from his friends before immigrating to Eretz Israel, Photographs of the crowd accompany his coffin on its way from the Executive Committee House to Trumpeldor Cemetery, Dozens of canvases from various Zionist organizations in memory of Arlozorov that were placed on his grave, In one of the photographs, the renowned author and biographer Azr (Alexander Ziskind Rabinovich) is seen holding a canvas in Arlozorov's memory alongside accompanied, in another photograph Arlozorov widow Sima is seen near the grave, and more.

The life of Arlozorov [1899-1933] The third aliyah man and one of the most prominent leaders of Mapai and was at the height of his Zionist activity, was suddenly cut off in his murder by an assassin (from the Revisionist movement) shot while staying with his wife on the beach in Tel Aviv on June 16. 1933.

The photographs are signed on the back with the signature of Zadek's wife.

The photographer Walter Zadek [1900-1992]: Born in Berlin. When the Nazis came to power he was arrested, but managed to be released on bail and fled to the Netherlands. With the help of his sister who lived in Eretz Israel, he managed to obtain an entry visa and immigrated in 1933. Zadek began photographing the developing community in Eretz Israel without any formal training in photography. In the years 1934-1948 he worked as a freelance press photographer and used mainly a Leica camera. In May 1939, he founded the Professional Photographers Association in Eretz Israel in Tel Aviv, of which the best photographers in Eretz Israel were members - most of them from Germany and Central Europe. Zadek's photographs are characterized by clean compositions, light and shadow, and directed in the spirit of the "new photograph" that was prevalent among photographers in the Land of Israel in the 1930s and 1940s.

For a video of the funeral ceremony (which can be compared to the photos that appear here) see here

Average size: 15x13 cm. general condition very good.