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Purim celebration for Jewish children at an orphanage in Lodz run by the Koordynacja (Coordination Committee).

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 05006

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).

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: 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.

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Jehuda Bornstein

Source 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
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Poland

Record last modified:: 2003-11-07 00:00:00
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