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UNNRA director Mordecai Schwartz poses in front of a truck loaded with bundles and lumber to resettle Jewish displaced persons in southern Israel.

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    UNNRA director Mordecai Schwartz poses in front of a truck loaded with bundles and lumber to resettle Jewish displaced persons in southern Israel.
    UNNRA director Mordecai Schwartz poses in front of a truck loaded with bundles and lumber to resettle Jewish displaced persons in southern Israel.

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    UNNRA director Mordecai Schwartz poses in front of a truck loaded with bundles and lumber to resettle Jewish displaced persons in southern Israel.
    Date
    Circa 1945 - 1950
    Locale
    Palestine/Israel
    Variant Locale
    Israel
    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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    2010-07-22 00:00:00
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