Soon after liberation, surviving children of the Auschwitz camp walk out of the children's barracks. Poland, after January 27, 1945.
Item View![A class for new immigrants in the United States. Postwar. [LCID: 03543]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/13d97756-1b66-4259-84bc-bf307755033d.jpg "A class for new immigrants in the United States. Postwar. [LCID: 03543]")
A class for new immigrants in the United States. Postwar.
Item View![Polish Jewish refugees arriving at Babenhausen displaced persons camp, where the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Nations ... [LCID: 43122]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/5b3c7afa-f0e3-4912-a556-2ae0a3640135.jpg "Polish Jewish refugees arriving at Babenhausen displaced persons camp, where the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Nations ... [LCID: 43122]")
Polish Jewish refugees arriving at Babenhausen displaced persons camp, where the Joint Distribution Committee and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration provided aid. Germany, August 20, 1947.
Item View![Refugees crowd the rail of the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Josiah Wedgwood," anchored at the Haifa port. [LCID: 76559]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2af37dd1-8fc4-4d89-a347-61a790ed34ce.jpg "Refugees crowd the rail of the Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Josiah Wedgwood,\" anchored at the Haifa port. [LCID: 76559]")
Refugees crowd the rail of the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship Josiah Wedgewood, anchored at the Haifa port. British soldiers transported the passengers to the Athlit internment center. Palestine, June 27, 1946.
Item View![An ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) auto mechanics class at Landsberg displaced persons camp. [LCID: 80987]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c2776b1a-8d5b-44be-95f1-17ea29a61956.jpg "An ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) auto mechanics class at Landsberg displaced persons camp. [LCID: 80987]")
An ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) auto mechanics class at Landsberg displaced persons camp. This training prepared the students to emigrate to Palestine. Germany, postwar.
Item View![Jewish displaced persons in an ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) sewing workshop. [LCID: 80985]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/6d42780b-ef5b-4108-8615-ed135bc4a02f.jpg "Jewish displaced persons in an ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) sewing workshop. [LCID: 80985]")
Jewish displaced persons in an ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) sewing workshop. Landsberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1947.
Item View![Children in the Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camp. [LCID: 80980]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/f4b60ea2-6c12-4f8d-8369-a1fabbd6a084.jpg "Children in the Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camp. [LCID: 80980]")
Children in the Bad Reichenhall displaced persons camp. Germany, 1945.
Item View![Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), in a crowded boxcar on the way to a displaced ... [LCID: 80915]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/cb66a82a-4f60-4d76-bab9-e610653eee23.jpg "Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), in a crowded boxcar on the way to a displaced ... [LCID: 80915]")
Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), in a crowded boxcar on the way to a displaced persons camp in the American occupation zone. Germany, 1945 or 1946.
Item View![Jewish female survivors at a convalescent home. Sweden, 1946. [LCID: 01187]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/19da6f46-d0bb-44e2-8a20-c112ed6e7e5d.jpg "Jewish female survivors at a convalescent home. Sweden, 1946. [LCID: 01187]")
Jewish female survivors at a convalescent home. Sweden, 1946.
Item View![Soon after liberation, a British woman helps a camp survivor try on shoes. [LCID: 45014]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/56f5f75d-7386-4dc6-b1a1-f18f2906e1d5.jpg "Soon after liberation, a British woman helps a camp survivor try on shoes. [LCID: 45014]")
Soon after liberation, a British woman helps a camp survivor try on shoes. Bergen-Belsen, Germany, after May 1945.
Item View![Soon after liberation, a camp survivor receives medical care. [LCID: 46362]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/b8ea4679-6807-4adb-9732-3098663ce1ae.jpg "Soon after liberation, a camp survivor receives medical care. [LCID: 46362]")
Soon after liberation, a camp survivor receives medical care. Bergen-Belsen, Germany, after April 15, 1945.
Item View![Piles of corpses, soon after the liberation of the Mauthausen camp. [LCID: 74466]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8fb7323b-0d55-4931-b783-12eaae168e40.jpg "Piles of corpses, soon after the liberation of the Mauthausen camp. [LCID: 74466]")
Piles of corpses, soon after the liberation of the Mauthausen camp. Austria, after May 5, 1945.
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Emaciated survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp soon after the liberation of the camp. Germany, after April 11, 1945.
Item View![A camp survivor, soon after liberation. Bergen-Belsen, Germany, after April 12, 1945. [LCID: 75127]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/ab9966c3-9f83-47a8-bfd9-f68df0550443.jpg "A camp survivor, soon after liberation. Bergen-Belsen, Germany, after April 12, 1945. [LCID: 75127]")
A survivor of the Bergen-Belsen camp, photographed soon after liberation. Bergen-Belsen, Germany, after April 12, 1945.
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At the Neu Freimann displaced persons camp, a boy displays the tattooed number on his arm to a photographer. Other children look on. Neu Freimann, Munich, Germany, between 1945 and 1949.
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