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One of the many Jewish schools established by the Joint Distribution Committee in central and eastern Europe for children who had lost their parents during World War I. Rovno, Poland, after 1920.
Morris Laub (right), American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee director for Cyprus, reviews supplies sent for the 12,000 Jews still interned on the island. Cyprus, December 9, 1948.
Jews interned in Cyprus prepare for Passover with supplies provided by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Cyprus, after 1945.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee pharmacy in the displaced persons camp at Bergen-Belsen. Germany, August 14, 1947.
Jewish youth attend a class on transplanting seedlings, part of a general course in farming sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee at the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. Germany, August 1, 1946.
An agricultural training farm to prepare Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. Fuerth, Germany, June 13, 1946.
A Jewish youth on an agricultural training farm that prepared Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. Fuerth, Germany, June 13, 1946.
A Jewish youth learning agricultural skills on a Zionist agricultural training farm, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. Fuerth, Germany, June 13, 1946.
Boxes of matzah in a Joint Distribution Committee warehouse before distribution to Jewish survivors in displaced persons camps. Place uncertain, postwar.
Harry Weinsaft of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee gives food to a young Jewish refugee. Vienna, Austria, postwar.
US Army and Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) representatives distribute milk to refugees. Vienna, Austria, October 26, 1945.
Harry Weinsaft, Joint Distribution Committee representative, gives aid packages to Jewish refugees. Vienna, Austria, postwar.
David Wodlinger, a Canadian Joint Distribution Committee representative, meets with members of the Central Jewish Committee of displaced persons. Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany, between 1946 and 1948.
Joseph Schwartz, director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Europe, speaks with a Jewish child survivor during a relief mission to Poland, July 22, 1946.
William Bein, director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Poland, with children at the Srodborow home for Jewish children, near Warsaw. The home was financed by the JDC. Srodborow, Poland, 1946.
Members of the German Jewish community meet with David Wodlinger (left) of the Joint Distribution Committee. Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. Germany, after liberation, April 1945.
Women and children gather at the door of a soup kitchen maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The text in Yiddish reads "The fortunate ones with full bowls." Zelechow, Poland, 1940.
Portrait of a youth section of the aid committee maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee throughout Poland before America's entry into the war. Zelechow, Poland, 1940.
The ruins of a synagogue destroyed by the Germans in 1943. The synagogue, originally built in 1853, was rebuilt after the war with the help of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Volos, Greece, 1944.
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