Overview
- Caption
- Purim celebration for Jewish children at an orphanage in Lodz run by the Koordynacja (Coordination Committee).
All of the children at the home had been hidden by Christian families during the war. Pictured from left to right are: unknown, Leon, unknown, Nania Susel, Basia, Renia, and Rela (behind on the right). - Photographer
- Gershater
- Date
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1949
- Locale
- Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
- Variant Locale
- Litzmannstadt
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jehuda Bornstein
- Event History
- The Coordinatsia (Koordynacja) was the Zionist organization for the search and recovery of Jewish children in Poland, who had been placed with non-Jews during the war.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Jehuda BornsteinSource Record ID: HCC II
Keywords & Subjects
- Keyword
- CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN'S HOMES CHILDREN/YOUTH CHILDREN/YOUTH (RECOVERY OF) CLOSE-UPS COORDINATSIA (KOORDYNACJA) COSTUMES DPS (JEWISH) FLAGS FLAGS (ZIONIST) GROUP PORTRAITS INTERIORS JEWISH HOLIDAYS JEWISH HOLIDAYS (PURIM) JEWS (POLISH) JEWS IN HIDING JEWS IN HIDING (AFTER THE EXPERIENCE) ORPHANS
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- 2003-11-07 00:00:00
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