UNRRA director, Mordecai Schwartz poses with residents of the Wildflecken displaced persons' camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 47052

Date: 1945 - 1948
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany -- Wildflecken
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: DP CAMPS/CENTERS
GROUP PORTRAITS
SCHWARTZ, MORDECAI
UNRRA (UN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMIN)
WILDFLECKEN
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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