Four Jewish displaced persons stand on outdoor steps underneath a welcome banner in Kibbutz Mekor Baruch, a Poal Mizrachi fishing hachshara in Bacoli, Italy.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 43591

Overview

Caption: Four Jewish displaced persons stand on outdoor steps underneath a welcome banner in Kibbutz Mekor Baruch, a Poal Mizrachi fishing hachshara in Bacoli, Italy.

Among those pictured is Meier Stessel (far left).
Date: 1945 - 1946
Locale: Bacoli, [Naples] Italy
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Michael Tal
Event History: Kibbutz Mekor Baruch was established in Bacoli Italy, near Naples, in March 1946 at the instigation of Rabbi Baruch Epstein, a Palestinian rabbi serving in the British army. It consisted of 90 members, almost all affiliated with Torah VeAvodah religious Zionism. Because of its location next to the sea, it was decided that the members would be taught fishing. Among the Palestinian Jews who assisted in the hachshara was Shlomo Teitelbaum (later Tal), father of the donor.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Michael Tal

Keyword: ARMBANDS BANNERS DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS HACHSHAROT (ZIONIST COLLECTIVES) JEWS (RELIGIOUS) MEKOR BARUCH SIGNS/BANNERS/POSTERS ZIONIST GROUPS (POEL MIZRACHI) ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Hachsharot -- Italy