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UNRRA director Mordecai Schwartz accompanies displaced persons awaiting repatriation to a waiting train.

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    UNRRA director Mordecai Schwartz accompanies displaced persons awaiting repatriation to a waiting train.
    UNRRA director Mordecai Schwartz accompanies displaced persons awaiting repatriation to a waiting train.

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    UNRRA director Mordecai Schwartz accompanies displaced persons awaiting repatriation to a waiting train.
    Date
    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

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    Photo Source
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: 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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