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Jewish survivors view a cellar storeroom in Berlin in which a stash of abandoned Torah scrolls was found.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 96519A
Jewish survivors view a cellar storeroom in Berlin in which a stash of abandoned Torah scrolls was found. The left-hand photograph on a page of a scrapbook/photo album bearing the title, "Toras Hidden in Berlin and Found Again After the War." The photo album was assembled by Pinkus Proszowski, a graphic designer, originally from Lodz, who served as director of the children's home in the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp.

Jewish survivors view a cellar storeroom in Berlin in which a stash of abandoned Torah scrolls was found.

The left-hand photograph on a page of a scrapbook/photo album bearing the title, "Toras Hidden in Berlin and Found Again After the War."

The photo album was assembled by Pinkus Proszowski, a graphic designer, originally from Lodz, who served as director of the children's home in the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp.

Date
1945 - 1947
Locale
Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale
Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany: Major Centers -- Berlin -- Duppel/Schlachtensee
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Phyllis Prosaw

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Max Reid

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Phyllis Prosaw
Source Record ID: Collections: 1999.79
 
Record last modified: 2004-08-31 00:00:00
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