Henry Morgenthau Jr. takes photographs of new immigrants in Tel Shachar while Robert Capa films the same scene for his 1951 documentary, "The Journey".

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 61110

Overview

Caption: Henry Morgenthau Jr. takes photographs of new immigrants in Tel Shachar while Robert Capa films the same scene for his 1951 documentary, "The Journey".

The film was shot at the behest of the United Jewish Appeal. Henry Morgenthau served as honorary chairman of the Appeal.
Date: 1950
Locale: Tal Shachar, Palestine/Israel
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Henry Morgenthau III
Event History: Tal Shachar was a new immigrant agricultural community in Israel founded in 1948 in honor of Henry Morgenthau Jr. The meaning of its name, morning dew, is a direct translation of the name Morgenthau. The first residents were immigrants from Greece and Turkey. This photograph is from a presentation album given to Henry Morgenthau when he visited the community two years after its founding.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007408.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Henry Morgenthau III

Keyword: CAMERAS CAPA, ROBERT EMIGRES/EMIGRATION/AID (POSTWAR) HUTS/SHACKS IMMIGRANT CAMPS (PALESTINE) IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION (TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL) MORGENTHAU, HENRY JR PHOTOGRAPHERS/FILM CREWS TEL SHACHAR UNITED JEWISH APPEAL WOMEN
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- New Immigrant Camps/Settlements -- Other