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A teacher ushers children through a doorway of a kindergarten in a DP camp in Sankt Marien.

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A teacher ushers children through a doorway of a kindergarten in a DP camp in Sankt Marien.

Family album bearing the title "Motoring/Jewish DP camp/St. Marein [Sankt Marien]/School," that belonged to Moritz Friedler. In 1946 and 1947, he served as a social worker with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad at the Sankt Marien DP camp in the British zone of Austria. Friedler subsequently became the JDC's Area Director in Linz, Austria. The photo album documents Jewish DP life in both places.

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Caption: A teacher ushers children through a doorway of a kindergarten in a DP camp in Sankt Marien.

Family album bearing the title "Motoring/Jewish DP camp/St. Marein [Sankt Marien]/School," that belonged to Moritz Friedler. In 1946 and 1947, he served as a social worker with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad at the Sankt Marien DP camp in the British zone of Austria. Friedler subsequently became the JDC's Area Director in Linz, Austria. The photo album documents Jewish DP life in both places.
Date: 1946 - 1947
Locale: Sankt Marien, [Upper Austria; Linz] Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Trude Friedler

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Trude Friedler

Source Record ID: Collections: 1999.47

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH DOORWAYS DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) ENTRANCES KINDERGARTENS/PRE-SCHOOL SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS WOMEN
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Austria -- Bindermichl

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Max Reid

Record last modified:: 2004-11-12 00:00:00
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