Jewish displaced persons board and exit a train in a busy station in Germany.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 38750

Date: Circa 1946 - 1948
Locale: Germany
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Unidentified -- Daily Life/Families
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Nathan Baruch

Biography: Rabbi Nathan Baruch was, at 23 years of age, the Director, 1946-1948, of the Vaad Hatzala for Germany. He was responsible for reestablishing Jewish religious life among the Holocaust survivors, the inhabitants of displaced persons camps in Germany. This included the printing and distribution of religious items, including prayer books, haggadahs, etc., and was responsible in large part for getting the U.S. Army to print the so-called 'Heidelberg Talmud,' a full copy of which is in the Museum's custody in the Rabbi Wilhelm Weinberg Collection.
Keyword: DP CAMPS/CENTERS
DPS (JEWISH)
TRAIN STATIONS
TRAINS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Nathan Baruch

Source Record ID: Collections: 2008.180
: Record last modified: 2009-04-14 00:00:00
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