![One of the many Jewish schools established by the Joint Distribution Committee in central and eastern Europe for children who had ... [LCID: 86905]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c9dddd19-97ce-48e8-90a9-762b995a9d96.jpg "One of the many Jewish schools established by the Joint Distribution Committee in central and eastern Europe for children who had ... [LCID: 86905]")
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.
Item View![Morris Laub (right), Joint Distribution Committee director for Cyprus, reviews supplies sent for the 12,000 Jews still interned on ... [LCID: 63189]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/6cd5a5b4-c407-4437-85a5-0ba857b12084.jpg "Morris Laub (right), Joint Distribution Committee director for Cyprus, reviews supplies sent for the 12,000 Jews still interned on ... [LCID: 63189]")
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.
Item View![Jews interned in Cyprus prepare for Passover with supplies provided by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 46439]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e18d21a0-cab3-4dc4-b027-ab4391358867.jpg "Jews interned in Cyprus prepare for Passover with supplies provided by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 46439]")
Jews interned in Cyprus prepare for Passover with supplies provided by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Cyprus, after 1945.
Item View![The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee pharmacy in the displaced persons camp at Bergen-Belsen. [LCID: 46351]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/60af9074-de71-4b5c-b6f0-80384b9eb2e8.jpg "The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee pharmacy in the displaced persons camp at Bergen-Belsen. [LCID: 46351]")
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee pharmacy in the displaced persons camp at Bergen-Belsen. Germany, August 14, 1947.
Item View![Jewish youth attend a class on transplanting seedlings, part of a general course in farming sponsored by the American Jewish Joint ... [LCID: 00819]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/4bca6e75-0a1f-4ceb-bb77-a6bd576baf2e.jpg "Jewish youth attend a class on transplanting seedlings, part of a general course in farming sponsored by the American Jewish Joint ... [LCID: 00819]")
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.
Item View![An agricultural training farm to prepare Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 30142]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/bcb4867a-7cb4-403e-844e-6b3cf0de645f.jpg "An agricultural training farm to prepare Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 30142]")
An agricultural training farm to prepare Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. Fuerth, Germany, June 13, 1946.
Item View![A Jewish youth on an agricultural training farm that prepared Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution ... [LCID: 69203]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/43d961f1-1700-41de-a725-53cd8dd87f3b.jpg "A Jewish youth on an agricultural training farm that prepared Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution ... [LCID: 69203]")
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.
Item View![A Jewish youth on a Zionist agricultural training farm, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 30143]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/43c269e4-38b8-49c0-9f95-cdcbb7735b17.jpg "A Jewish youth on a Zionist agricultural training farm, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 30143]")
A Jewish youth learning agricultural skills on a Zionist agricultural training farm, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. Fuerth, Germany, June 13, 1946.
Item View![Boxes of matzah in a Joint Distribution Committee warehouse before distribution to Jewish survivors in displaced persons camps. [LCID: 31189]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/760edb72-39bb-4e72-8ae2-5f0be38f7fa9.jpg "Boxes of matzah in a Joint Distribution Committee warehouse before distribution to Jewish survivors in displaced persons camps. [LCID: 31189]")
Boxes of matzah in a Joint Distribution Committee warehouse before distribution to Jewish survivors in displaced persons camps. Place uncertain, postwar.
Item View![Harry Weinsaft of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee gives food to a Jewish refugee. [LCID: 46502]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9f45ed8b-9b72-43ec-8989-02afe34ab640.jpg "Harry Weinsaft of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee gives food to a Jewish refugee. [LCID: 46502]")
Harry Weinsaft of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee gives food to a young Jewish refugee. Vienna, Austria, postwar.
Item View![US Army and Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) representatives distribute milk to refugees. [LCID: 81845]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/050e6372-94b6-4437-92a9-8a21c7c6c09f.jpg "US Army and Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) representatives distribute milk to refugees. [LCID: 81845]")
US Army and Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) representatives distribute milk to refugees. Vienna, Austria, October 26, 1945.
Item View![Harry Weinsaft, Joint Distribution Committee representative, gives aid packages to Jewish refugees. [LCID: 46501]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c567349d-8525-466c-abe7-72fee7ac4b3c.jpg "Harry Weinsaft, Joint Distribution Committee representative, gives aid packages to Jewish refugees. [LCID: 46501]")
Harry Weinsaft, Joint Distribution Committee representative, gives aid packages to Jewish refugees. Vienna, Austria, postwar.
Item View![David Wodlinger, a Canadian Joint Distribution Committee representative, meets with members of the Central Jewish Committee of displaced ... [LCID: 46348]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8f1cffc5-eab1-4c5d-9aff-10ab0abfa9a2.jpg "David Wodlinger, a Canadian Joint Distribution Committee representative, meets with members of the Central Jewish Committee of displaced ... [LCID: 46348]")
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.
Item View![Joseph Schwartz, director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Europe, speaks with a Jewish child survivor during ... [LCID: 30011]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a594b8cb-8303-4a32-a8d0-4cfa4d9c34d7.jpg "Joseph Schwartz, director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Europe, speaks with a Jewish child survivor during ... [LCID: 30011]")
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.
Item View![William Bein, director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Poland, with children at the Srodborow home for ... [LCID: 36028]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0702c6b3-8bf2-4495-8b97-3ba63656c3a1.jpg "William Bein, director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Poland, with children at the Srodborow home for ... [LCID: 36028]")
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.
Item View![Members of the German Jewish community meet with David Wodlinger (left) of the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 46347]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/75494a22-70ae-44e5-8f1e-e2a9294c6c70.jpg "Members of the German Jewish community meet with David Wodlinger (left) of the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 46347]")
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.
Item View![Women and children at the door of a soup kitchen maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 49020]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/7ec62486-7e9f-4151-b289-569860cb4fce.jpg "Women and children at the door of a soup kitchen maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 49020]")
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.
Item View![Portrait of a youth section of the aid committee maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee throughout Poland ... [LCID: 49019]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/bb0464b5-f3d7-4e93-b3d0-1402c826ea62.jpg "Portrait of a youth section of the aid committee maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee throughout Poland ... [LCID: 49019]")
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.
Item View![The ruins of a synagogue destroyed by the Germans in 1943. [LCID: 41117]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d61c15b5-8a23-4d95-ae73-27bbc3c4f21d.jpg "The ruins of a synagogue destroyed by the Germans in 1943. [LCID: 41117]")
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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