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Chaplain William Dalin passes packages of supplies to a group of boys at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp children's center.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 60110

Chaplain William Dalin passes packages of supplies to a group of boys at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp children's center.

Overview

Caption: Chaplain William Dalin passes packages of supplies to a group of boys at the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp children's center.
Date: 1946 - 1947
Locale: Zeilsheim, Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dr. David Dalin

Rights & Restrictions

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Dr. David Dalin

Source Record ID: Collections: 2005.108

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN'S HOMES CHILDREN/YOUTH CLERGY/RABBIS/CHAPLAINS (JEWISH) DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) SUPPLIES/SHIPMENTS TRUCKS ZEILSHEIM
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany: Major Centers -- Zeilsheim -- Children's Center

Administrative Notes

Biography: Rabbi William Z. Dalin served as a chaplain with US forces in Europe from 1944 to 1947. From March 1946 to December 1947 he served as the only Jewish chaplain of the US Air Corps in Wiesbaden, Germany. Much of his time was spent assisting Jewish displaced persons in Zeilsheim, Landsberg and other camps in Germany. In 1946 and 1947 he also served as an aide to Rabbi Philip Bernstein and Judge Louis Leventhal, the advisors on Jewish affairs to General Lucius Clay.

Record last modified:: 2007-08-06 00:00:00
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