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The staff of the DP newspaper, Unterwegs [The Transient], at work in their office in the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 89559
The staff of the DP newspaper, Unterwegs [The Transient], at work in their office in the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp. Unterwegs was first issued under the name Unzer Mut [Our Courage] in November 1946. It was printed in a typewritten, mimeographed form on poor quality paper. Edited by Samma Weise, the weekly consisted of "morale-building" articles, camp news and gossip, discussions of Jewish problems, and poetry written in Hebrew and Yiddish. The publishing of "hard news" was prohibited by American military and UNRRA regulations.

The staff of the DP newspaper, Unterwegs [The Transient], at work in their office in the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp.

Unterwegs was first issued under the name Unzer Mut [Our Courage] in November 1946. It was printed in a typewritten, mimeographed form on poor quality paper. Edited by Samma Weise, the weekly consisted of "morale-building" articles, camp news and gossip, discussions of Jewish problems, and poetry written in Hebrew and Yiddish. The publishing of "hard news" was prohibited by American military and UNRRA regulations.

Photographer
E.M. Robinson
Date
1946 - 1948
Locale
Zeilsheim, Germany
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany: Major Centers -- Zeilsheim -- Cultural/Religious Life
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Alice Lev

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Alice Lev
Source Record ID: Collections: 2002.416.1
 
Record last modified: 2005-02-15 00:00:00
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