Overview
- Description
- Contains three albums with approximately 80 photographs relating to the Jewish Regional Committee of the American Joint Distribution Committee, 1947-1948 in Stuttgart (Germany); the Displaced Persons camp in Wetzlar,1946-1947; the Children's Home in Esslingen, near Stuttgart, 1947-1948; and the Lindenfels vacation camp, 1948.
- Date
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1946-1947
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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2 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Wetzlar (Germany) Stuttgart (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Kaplan, Lore W. Kaplan, Harold.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Lori and Harold Kaplan worked under the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) team at the American Joined Distribution Committee. Mr. Harold Kaplan was a director for the AJDC in 1947. The album with 24 photographs was given to him in the summer of 1948, when Mr. Harold Kaplan was ready to leave Stuttgart. In the fall of 1947 Mrs. Lori W. Kaplan was assigned to the Children's Home in Esslingen near Stuttgart. Children with various illnesses were sent there for recuperation before they could emigrate with their families. She also visited the vacation home in Lindenfels. Mrs. Lori W. Kapalan donated photographs taken at this time. The photographer in unknown.
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- 2023-08-24 13:46:46
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Also in Lore W. Kaplan collection
Contains materials documenting the experiences of Lore W. Kaplan while working with displaced persons after World War II. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Lore W. Kaplan papers
Document
Lore and Harold Kaplan worked under United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admnistration (UNRRA) team at the American Joined Distribution Committee. Mrs. Kaplan donated two letters written to her family when she worked in the displaced persons camps in Germany. The donation includes also a picture of Mrs. Kaplan taken at that time.
