Avraham Pisarek was a German photographer of Polish-Jewish descent.
11 Facts About Avraham Pisarek
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Avraham Pisarek was the son of Jewish merchant Berek Pisarek and his wife Sara.
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Avraham Pisarek was born in Congress Poland, then part of the Russian Empire.
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In 1924, Pisarek left Germany to travel to Mandatory Palestine as Khalutz and worked there as a stonemason.
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Avraham Pisarek's photos were published in Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung and in the Jewish press.
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Avraham Pisarek became a member of the Photography Group Berlin-Nord.
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Avraham Pisarek was officially banned from working in the mainstream press after the seizure of power by the National Socialists in 1933.
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Avraham Pisarek was thereafter allowed to work only for the Jewish community.
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Avraham Pisarek worked as a photographer until 1941 for Jewish newspapers as well as for the Jewish Cultural Association of Berlin.
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Avraham Pisarek was drafted for forced labor and was inter alia used as an interpreter for Polish and Soviet forced laborers.
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Avraham Pisarek resumed his activities as a reporter and in this way documented the "anti-fascist-democratic revolution" in the Soviet occupation zone and the founding of the German Democratic Republic.