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Women and children at the door of a soup kitchen maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 49020]
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Soup kitchen run by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

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.

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JDC aid occupied Poland
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