Overview
- Caption
- UNRRA director Mordecai Schwartz accompanies displaced persons awaiting repatriation to a waiting train.
- Date
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1950
- Locale
- Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
- Variant Locale
- Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mordecai E. Schwartz
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Mordecai E. Schwartz
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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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- 2010-07-21 00:00:00
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