Polish children study a lesson in their native language in the Kloster Indersdorf children's home.
Overview
- Caption
- Polish children study a lesson in their native language in the Kloster Indersdorf children's home.
Original Caption: "Orphans of 12 nations have found a new home in a former nunnery at Indersdorf, Bavaria, where UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehibilitation Administration) recently opened an international refuge for children whos parents were killed or lost during the war were sent from Nazi foreign labor and concentration camps to this institution. Two-thirds of the group are Polish and Jewish. Some are too young to remember their parents and some do not know their own names. Most of them from concentration camps have no other identification than a number and the letters 'KL' (Konzentrations Lager) marked on their skins. When children arrive at the institution, they are deloused, bathed and given clean cloths. Medical attendants than innoculate them against typhoid fever, diptheria and smallpox. The infants are cared for by nurses while older children begin elementary education in their own language under teeachers of the Allied nations." - Date
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1945 November 01
- Locale
- Kloster Indersdorf, [Bavaria; Munich] Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Joseph Eaton
Keywords & Subjects
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- 2011-02-28 00:00:00
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