These are the faces of children I embraced and kissed and loved. I cannot imagine that they are dead, that none would survive... A million and a half children among the six million... But this I knew... I wanted to save their faces, not their ashes.


Mitgang, Herbert (Oct. 2, 1983). Testament to a Lost People. New York Times Magazine. pg 47.

Roman Vishniac Quotes

These are the faces of children I embraced and kissed and loved. I cannot imagine that they are dead, that none would survive... A million and a half ...

These are the faces of children I embraced and kissed and loved. I cannot imagine that they are dead, that none would survive... A million and a half ...

These are the faces of children I embraced and kissed and loved. I cannot imagine that they are dead, that none would survive... A million and a half ...

These are the faces of children I embraced and kissed and loved. I cannot imagine that they are dead, that none would survive... A million and a half ...