UNRRA camp director Harold Fishbein shares a toast with a group of religious Jews at a circumcision ceremony in the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 58426

Overview

Caption: UNRRA camp director Harold Fishbein shares a toast with a group of religious Jews at a circumcision ceremony in the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp.

Harold Fishbein is seated on the left.

The Yiddish caption on the back of the photo reads, "Our beloved director at the bris [circumcision] of our [illegible] Barschap, 29/III/47."
Date: 1947 March 29
Locale: Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale: Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mayer & Rachel Abramowitz

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Mayer & Rachel Abramowitz

Second Provenance: Harold Fishbein

Keyword: AMERICANS CIRCUMCISION DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) EATING/DRINKING FISHBEIN, HAROLD INTERIORS JEWS (AMERICAN) JEWS (RELIGIOUS) SCHLACHTENSEE SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS TOASTS UNRRA (UN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMIN)
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany: Major Centers -- Berlin -- Duppel/Schlachtensee