Russian Compound Burning, Jerusalem, 1948
Press Photograph, 10” 7-1/3”, June 9, 1948, Depicting the Russian Compound in Jerusalem Burning, after a shelling by Arabs in the 1948 War. Described in English on an newspaper clipping of the image “Russian Compound in Jerusalem Burning, after a shelling by Arabs in recent fighting. The Soviet establishment, in the Jewish quarter of the City was set afire when Arabs bombarded that area before overrunning it.”. Israel, June 1948. Good, with signs of wear.
Press Photograph, 10” 7-1/3”, June 9, 1948, Depicting the Russian Compound in Jerusalem Burning, after a shelling by Arabs in the 1948 War. Described in English on an newspaper clipping of the image “Russian Compound in Jerusalem Burning, after a shelling by Arabs in recent fighting. The Soviet establishment, in the Jewish quarter of the City was set afire when Arabs bombarded that area before overrunning it.”. Israel, June 1948. Good, with signs of wear.
