PHOTOMONTH IN KRAKOW — 2011
DORA FOBERT
Dora Fobert, from the archive of Adela K. circa 1942
Dora Fobert, b. 1925, Warsaw, daughter of family of studio photographers. Warsaw Ghetto, 1940–42, assisted Jakub Boim, official ghetto photographer. August 1942. Began her own series of portraits of women in the ghetto. Deported to Treblinka, August 1942. d. January 1943.
These photographs were saved by Adela K., a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto. They were taken in a studio in the ghetto on Chlodna Street in June 1942. Because of the limited supply of photographic chemicals, they were never properly fixed and remain unstable under natural light. For this reason they are displayed behind red glass. Dora Fobert was Adela’s best friend.
Stained Glass Museum, al. KrasiĹskiego 23
open: 14.05–12.06; TUE–FRI: 16:00–19:00, SAT, SUN: 12:00–18:00
