In his 1991 book Out of the Shadows: A Photographic Portrait of Jewish Life in Central Europe Since the Holocaust photojournalist Ed Serotta documented a way of life almost wiped out by World War II. When he traveled to Sarajevo in 1993, he departed from the routines of other journalists staying at the Holiday Inn. They fanned out daily to funerals, hospitals, UN press conferences, and meetings with military leaders. “Me, I did Jews,” writes Serotta in his new book Survival in Sarajevo: How a Jewish Community Came to the Aid of Its City, published by Verlag Christian Brandstatter of Austria. An exhibit at the Spertus Museum of 56 photos culled from the book documents the largely overlooked efforts of La Benevolencija, Sarajevo’s Jewish community center, which has been helping Jews, Christians, and Muslims survive the siege as well as escape the city.
