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Four girls sit on the ground in a tent eating a meal in an unidentified displaced person's camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 47007
Four girls sit on the ground in a tent eating a meal in an unidentified displaced person's camp.

Four girls sit on the ground in a tent eating a meal in an unidentified displaced person's camp.

Date
1945 - 1950
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Unidentified
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mordecai E. Schwartz

About This Photograph

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: 2010-07-22 00:00:00
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