Hungarian Jewish female survivors prepare to depart for Switzerland.
Overview
- Caption
- Hungarian Jewish female survivors prepare to depart for Switzerland.
- Date
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June 1945
- Locale
- Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Abraham Zemach
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Abraham Zemach
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Abraham Zemach was ordained in June 1941. The following year he was granted a commission as a chaplain in the US Army. He served as a chaplain in the 76th US Infantry Division during World War II and participated in the liberation of slave laborers in Germany in April 1945. In Schmilln and Altenburg he conducted services for hospitalized female Jewish survivors. In June he helped organize a tranport of survivors to Switzerland for the JDC. After the war, Rabbi Zemach aided Jewish displaced persons by serving as Advisor on Jewish Affairs for General Mark Clark in Austria. Among his duties was to help organize relief supplies, work with anonymous Hagannah members and escort the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine throughout the American zone of Austria. Rabbi Zemach continued to work with Jewish displaced persons until he returned to the States in April 1946.
- Record last modified:
- 2015-04-21 00:00:00
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