An UNRRA relief worker poses holding her son at the International Children's Center at Prien am Chiemsee.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 12351

Overview

Caption: An UNRRA relief worker poses holding her son at the International Children's Center at Prien am Chiemsee.

Pictured is Judith Gruber holding her son, Jack. Judith and her husband Samuel Gruber were in charge of the Children's Center in Prien.
Date: 1946 - 1947
Locale: Prien am Chiemsee, [Bavaria; Munich] Germany
Variant Locale: Chiemsee
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lilo, Jack and Micha Plaschkes
Event History: Prien am Chiemsee, the children's Displaced Persons camp in the Munich district, was established in 1946 (exact date unknown) and by October 19, 1946 housed 172 Jewish children. It reached its peak population on March 10, 1947, at which time there were 225 children. By December, 1948 the Jewish children were gone and it became a YMCA training center. The camp closed on June 6, 1949.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Lilo, Jack and Micha Plaschkes

Source Record ID: Collections: 1993.23

Keyword: CHILDREN (0-3 YEARS) CHILDREN'S HOMES CHILDREN/YOUTH CLOSE-UPS DP CAMPS/CENTERS ORPHANS PRIEN AM CHIEMSEE RELIEF WORK/SOCIAL WORKERS SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS UNRRA (UN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMIN) WOMEN
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Germany -- Prien am Chiemsee