Jewish youth sent from Palestine by the Mosad Le-aliyah Bet [Agency for Illegal Immigration] to serve as guides and organizers of illegal immigration activities.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 04919

Overview

Caption: Jewish youth sent from Palestine by the Mosad Le-aliyah Bet [Agency for Illegal Immigration] to serve as guides and organizers of illegal immigration activities.

These youth are staying temporarily at a children's home operated by the American Joint Distribution Committee for children who were taken out of Polish convents, orphanages, and private homes after the war.
Photographer: Stella Wernick
Date: 1947
Locale: Strobl, Austria
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stella Wernick

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Stella Wernick

Source Record ID: HCC II

Keyword: ALIYAH BET (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION) CHILDREN'S HOMES CHILDREN/YOUTH DPS (JEWISH) WINTER SCENES YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Austria