10 minutes after the cease fire the old Orthodox Jewish quarter of Jerusalem came to life.
Photograph
10 minutes after the cease fire the old Orthodox Jewish quarter of Jerusalem came to life.
From Palestine War: Scenes in Jerusalem
June 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19 x 20.5 cm
Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2005
2005.0909.0001
Inscriptions verso (typed label): [series title and description]
(stamp): Used 3 Jul 1948 Illustrated
(stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library / 191, High Holborn, W.C.1 / Must be returned undamaged
(ink): Sheet - 17
(stamp): 42079 [crossed out] (ink): /28
(stamp): 63081 [crossed out] (ink): /62
(pencil): A150061 / T1574
(typed label): File Palestine War 1948 Jews Seige [sic] of Jerusalem June 1948
(stamp): Used 3 Jul 1948 Illustrated
(stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library / 191, High Holborn, W.C.1 / Must be returned undamaged
(ink): Sheet - 17
(stamp): 42079 [crossed out] (ink): /28
(stamp): 63081 [crossed out] (ink): /62
(pencil): A150061 / T1574
(typed label): File Palestine War 1948 Jews Seige [sic] of Jerusalem June 1948
TextThis was the part of Jewish Jerusalem closest to the front and the shelling was the heaviest. While the Arabs left their homes in Jaffa and Haifa after the first mortar shells, the old Jews of Jerusalem never quit their houses. They have stayed inside for 27 days and now after the cease fire they came out to collect their rations and the cease fire being on a Friday, they are preparing their trays for the Sabbath.
Robert Capa records the last hours in Jerusalem before the Cease Fire, when the city was subjected to the cruelest bombardment of the siege. The city is still linked to Israel by a mountain road that is under constant fire.
Robert Capa records the last hours in Jerusalem before the Cease Fire, when the city was subjected to the cruelest bombardment of the siege. The city is still linked to Israel by a mountain road that is under constant fire.
