Mordecai Schwartz poses with a group of children in the Aschaffenburg displaced persons' camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 47045

Date: 1945 - 1948
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Aschaffenburg
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mordecai E. Schwartz

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.
Keyword: ASCHAFFENBURG
AUTOMOBILES
CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
DP CAMPS/CENTERS
GROUP PORTRAITS
SCHWARTZ, MORDECAI
UNRRA (UN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMIN)
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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