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Group portrait of young children, many in national costumes, who await repatriation from Berlin to the U.S. zone.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 47005
Group portrait of young children, many in national costumes, who await repatriation from Berlin to the U.S. zone.

Group portrait of young children, many in national costumes, who await repatriation from Berlin to the U.S. zone.

Date
1948
Variant Locale
Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ochstumsand
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Repatriation -- Germany
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mordecai E. Schwartz
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Biography
Mordecai E. Schwartz served as the Area Director for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) from 1945 to 1948 after his service in the United States Army during World War II. Upon the deactivation of UNRRA in 1948, he worked as Area Director for the International Refugee Organization, supervising 28 displaced persons camps in Germany.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Mordecai E. Schwartz
 
Record last modified: 2010-07-21 00:00:00
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