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901. Departing DPs pose in front of a truck at a displaced persons camp in Germany.
displaced persons camps in the American occupied zone of Germany from 1946 to 1950. Born on the Lower East ... Side of New York and raised in Brooklyn, Sorrin attended the City College of New York. Upon his ... graduation he found work with the Procurement Division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. While in ... basic commodities and to take care of the millions of displaced persons in postwar Europe. Because of
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902. German Jewish youth learn agricultural skills in a training farm outside of Breslau.
facilitate his return, his father bribed the SS man in charge of Gross Breesen with 100 marks to give Erich ... deported from London to an internment camp on the Isle of Man. He returned to London in November and ... Erich parachuted into Germany and performed sabotage, through the demolition of German factories and ... railroad switches. In the autumn of 1945, he was detailed to escort SS War criminals held in Great Britain
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903. Portrait of a German Jewish family. Pictured is Hedwig Landauer holding her granddaughter, Shoshana.
Hebrew University, he obtained a PhD in Art History, and became the registrar for the Israel Museum from ... Salman and Simon Schocken, who became prominent businessmen and established the chain of Kaufman Schocken ... 1933. The family moved to Zwickau after Georg became the manager of a new store there. He was a ... Zionist, and had visited Palestine in 1928 in the hopes of immigrating, but returned to Germany. By
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904. Studio portrait of Dina Buchler with her older cousin and adoptive mother Blanka First.
Dina Chen (born Dina Buchler) is the daughter of Dragutin (Yakir) Buchler (b. 1.1.1907) and Blanka ... B Dina Chen (born Dina Buchler) is the daughter of Dragutin (Yakir) Buchler (b. 1.1.1907) and Blanka ... Auschwitz and murdered in October 1942. The ethnic German brought Dina to the headquarters of Jewish ... community in Zagreb with a note stating the baby's name, birth date, names of remaining cousins in Zagreb
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905. Wedding portrait of Shmuel (Miles) Lerman and Rozalia (Chris) Laks in Lodz, Poland.
archival materials and artifacts to the Museum. He was also a founding member of the Council's Committee ... Miles Lerman (born Shmuel Milek Lerman) is the son of Israel and Jochevet Lerman. He was born ... Janua Miles Lerman (born Shmuel Milek Lerman) is the son of Israel and Jochevet Lerman. He was born ... among the most prosperous members of the Jewish community. Israel Lerman owned and leased a string of
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906. Close-up portrait of Nuremberg defendant, SS Lieutenant General Ernst Kaltenbrunner.
the judgment of history, so that the Germans will not be able to claim that an admission of war guilt ... Ernst Kaltenbrunner, SS-Obergruppenfuehrer and head of the Reich Main Security Office was born in ... Ri Ernst Kaltenbrunner, SS-Obergruppenfuehrer and head of the Reich Main Security Office was born in ... against the government. After the Anchluss, he became Minister of State Security and attracted the
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907. Interior pages of a military entry permit issued to James G.
McDonald became a professor of history and political science at the University of Indiana. In 1919 he was ... travel freely throughout Germany as a member of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine. ... appointed chairman of the Foreign Policy Association in New York and served in that capacity until 1933 ... indifference of the U.S. State Department to this state of affairs. In 1933, with the help of important German
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908. Portrait of Gad Beck sitting at a desk in a displaced persons camp.
Gerhard (Gad) Beck is the son of Heinrich and Hedwig (Kretchmar) Beck. He was born, along with his ... Gerhard (Gad) Beck is the son of Heinrich and Hedwig (Kretchmar) Beck. He was born, along with his twin ... larger apartment in the Weissensee district of Berlin. Although neither side of the family initially ... youth group of Germans and Jews known as the German-Jewish Ring. The Beck's financial situation had
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909. Close-up portrait of Hungarian survivor, Lajos Ornstein, shortly after his liberation from Mauthausen.
necessary papers before the outbreak of the war. Instead he went to Budapest to study Jewish history and ... Paul Ornstein is the son of Lajos (b. 1896) and Frieda Cziment Orenstein (b.1903). He was born on ... A Paul Ornstein is the son of Lajos (b. 1896) and Frieda Cziment Orenstein (b.1903). He was born on ... rabbinic students were forced to work in a transit camp at site of the seminary, though they still were
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910. Close-up portrait of Eva Schloss at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI.
Eva Schloss (born Eva Geiringer) is the daughter of Erich Geiringer (b. Nov. 11, 1901) and Elfriede ... Eva Schloss (born Eva Geiringer) is the daughter of Erich Geiringer (b. Nov. 11, 1901) and Elfriede ... annexation of Austria in 1938, the Geiringers decided to flee. Erich left first with Heinz, and Eva and her ... mother followed a few weeks later in June 1938. They first came to Belgium and after the start of WWII
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911. Close-up portrait of Eva Schloss at Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI.
Eva Schloss (born Eva Geiringer) is the daughter of Erich Geiringer (b. Nov. 11, 1901) and Elfriede ... Eva Schloss (born Eva Geiringer) is the daughter of Erich Geiringer (b. Nov. 11, 1901) and Elfriede ... annexation of Austria in 1938, the Geiringers decided to flee. Erich left first with Heinz, and Eva and her ... mother followed a few weeks later in June 1938. They first came to Belgium and after the start of WWII
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912. Group portrait of a postwar Jewish orphanage in Kaunas with Communist leanings.
Kaplan edited "Fun Letstn Hurbn" [From the Last Extermination], one of the earliest histories of the ... Shalom Eilati (born Shalom Sholik Kaplan) is the son of Israel Kaplan (b. Purim 1902 in Voloyzin ... an Shalom Eilati (born Shalom Sholik Kaplan) is the son of Israel Kaplan (b. Purim 1902 in Voloyzin ... Germany invaded the Soviet Union and Lithuania and immediately began the mass murder of its Jews. Shalom
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913. Group portrait of a postwar Jewish orphanage in Kaunas with Communist leanings.
Kaplan edited "Fun Letstn Hurbn" [From the Last Extermination], one of the earliest histories of the ... Shalom Eilati (born Shalom Sholik Kaplan) is the son of Israel Kaplan (b. Purim 1902 in Voloyzin ... an Shalom Eilati (born Shalom Sholik Kaplan) is the son of Israel Kaplan (b. Purim 1902 in Voloyzin ... Germany invaded the Soviet Union and Lithuania and immediately began the mass murder of its Jews. Shalom
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914. Eva and Heinz Geiringer pose with a bicycle on a street in Belgium after fleeing Vienna.
ART OF THE HOLOCAUST -- Artists G ... ART OF THE HOLOCAUST/WWII; ART OF THE HOLOCAUST/WWII (CHILDREN); BICYCLES; CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS ... Eva Schloss (born Eva Geiringer) is the daughter of Erich Geiringer (b. Nov. 11, 1901) and Elfriede ... Eva Schloss (born Eva Geiringer) is the daughter of Erich Geiringer (b. Nov. 11, 1901) and Elfriede
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915. Two woman stand in a muddy field in front of a laundry line in a new settlement, possible Hadera.
of Hitler, Gessner began the study of Jewish history and decided to write his next book analyzing the ... . Photograph is used on page 197 of Robert Gessner's "Some of My Best Friends are Jews." The pencil inscription ... on the back of the photograph reads, 'Farm Palestine." ... non-Jewish environment but became increasingly aware of antisemitism as a young man. After the rise
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916. Jewish youth from a training farm outside of Breslau stand in line on bicycles before a raise or an outing.
the night of Kristallnacht. After arriving in the Buchenwald concentration camp, he met former ... the school's first reunion. Most of the other students were released after five weeks, but George ... Gross Breesen was an agricultural training farm established by the Central Association of German ... Jew Gross Breesen was an agricultural training farm established by the Central Association of German
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917. Portrait of Jewish DP sisters. Pictured left to right are Hania (later Anna Wilson) and Rozalia (Krysia, later Chris Lerman).
later Regina Gelb) are the daughters of Isaac and Pola (Tenenblum) Laks. Hania was born October 16 ... they kept a kosher home out of respect for Pola's mother (from Ostrowiec) and celebrated the main ... Jewish holidays. Pola was active in the local Zionist movement. She founded the Wierzbnik chapter of ... the founding of the local, Hebrew-speaking, Tarbut school. The girls attended both Polish public
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918. A street vendor sells his wares on a street in a Jewish neighborhood of New York City.
1934 from the University of Erlangen in history and philosophy. She was the last Jew to receive a ... Ruth Budd (born Ruth Rahn) is the daughter of Alfred H. Rahn and Lilli Bechmann Rahn. She was born ... Ruth Budd (born Ruth Rahn) is the daughter of Alfred H. Rahn and Lilli Bechmann Rahn. She was born on ... Gestapo raided their home and found currency in violation of the Reichstag law prohibiting Jews from
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919. Close-up portrait of three administrators in an office at an unidentified displaced persons camp in Germany.
displaced persons camps in the American occupied zone of Germany from 1946 to 1950. Born on the Lower East ... Side of New York and raised in Brooklyn, Sorrin attended the City College of New York. Upon his ... graduation he found work with the Procurement Division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. While in ... basic commodities and to take care of the millions of displaced persons in postwar Europe. Because of
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920. Portrait of a German Jewish mother and son. Pictured is Esbeth Spiro (center) and her son Shimon.
Hebrew University, he obtained a PhD in Art History, and became the registrar for the Israel Museum from ... Salman and Simon Schocken, who became prominent businessmen and established the chain of Kaufman Schocken ... 1933. The family moved to Zwickau after Georg became the manager of a new store there. He was a ... Zionist, and had visited Palestine in 1928 in the hopes of immigrating, but returned to Germany. By
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921. Portrait of a German Jewish mother and daughter. Pictured is Esbeth Spiro with her daughter, Shoshana, seated on a swing.
Hebrew University, he obtained a PhD in Art History, and became the registrar for the Israel Museum from ... Salman and Simon Schocken, who became prominent businessmen and established the chain of Kaufman Schocken ... 1933. The family moved to Zwickau after Georg became the manager of a new store there. He was a ... Zionist, and had visited Palestine in 1928 in the hopes of immigrating, but returned to Germany. By
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922. Rabbi Leo Baeck poses with a group of Jewish leaders during his three week visit to Germany.
Instead he settled in London, where he founded the Institute for Research on the History of Jewry in ... York, with branches in London and Jerusalem, the LBI is the major archive for the history of German ... Wollheim, Chairman of the Central Committee of Jews in the British Zone. Baeck's trip included ... Baeck was the son of Rabbi Samuel and Eva (Placzek) Baeck. He received both a traditional Jewish
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923. Jewish children participating in a Purm party. Shulamit Kagan Gilor, second from right, performing with other children in the Displaced Persons Camp in Cremona.
Novosibrisk and reunited with her husband. After the war, the couple returned to Pinsk to see if any of their ... when they decided to immigrate to Argentina in 1948, where one of Lisa's family members (the Machtey ... Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Shulamit Kagan Gilor
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924. Class picture of a French school in Le Chambon where Micheline and Annette Federman and their cousins were hidden.
Micheline Federman is the youngest child of Michel and Annette Federman. Her parents were born in ... W Micheline Federman is the youngest child of Michel and Annette Federman. Her parents were born in ... members of the resistance met Micheline and Annette at the train station and brought them to the town of ... Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. They stayed there for the remainder of the war with a family of farmers, the
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925. Jewish university students in Heidelberg pose beneath a Zionist flag to celebrate one of their friends impending immigration to Israel.
Anna Ornstein (born Anna Brunn) is the daughter of Wilmos (b. 1883) and Zsofi (b. 1898) Brunn. She ... Anna Ornstein (born Anna Brunn) is the daughter of Wilmos (b. 1883) and Zsofi (b. 1898) Brunn. She was ... reunite with her boyfriend, Paul Ornstein. Paul Ornstein is the son of Lajos (b. 1896) and Frieda ... immigrate to Palestine in 1939 but was unable to receive the necessary papers before the outbreak of the war