Faces of Israel, 1968
In 1968 Halborn descendent Roman Freulich and his wife Katia went to Israel to attend the 50th reunion of the Jewish Legion, which is considered to be the seed from which the Haganah was formed. In his late teens, Roman fought as a Legion member, as an ambulance driver in World War One. After the war, Roman returned to the United States, where he worked as a photographer, eventually becoming the head of still photography for Republic Studios in Hollywood. Of course, he took his camera with him on this occasion.
All of the images in the gallery below were used in a photo book called The Faces of Israel, which was published in 1972. The photographs were taken by Roman with a 35mm Leica camera. The book was co-written by Roman with his daughter (and author of this post), Joan Abramson. The original prints and negatives from this book are currently in the collection of the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles, California.
