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A Meeting at the Wetzlar DP Camp
PhotoLeaders at the Wetzlar displaced persons (DP) camp hold a meeting to discuss current happenings and improvements for the camp, September 9, 1948.
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Men demonstrate in the Ziegenhain displaced persons camp
PhotoMen in the Ziegenhain displaced persons (DP) camp demonstrate on behalf of free immigration to Palestine, circa 1945 1948. Their banner expresses their wish to go to Israel.
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Entrance to the Ziegenhain displaced persons camp
PhotoJewish displaced persons (DPs) enter the main gate of the Ziegenhain DP camp, September 1946.
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Siblings Reunite in the Santa Maria di Bagni DP Camp
PhotoPortrait of siblings Saba and Julek Fiszman after their reunion in Santa Maria di Bagni, Italy, March 1946. Members of the Fiszman family had been separated over the course of the war. While at the Foehrenwald displaced persons (DP) camp, Saba learned from a Jewish Brigade Officer that her brother was in Italy. She traveled to Santa Maria di Bagni, where there was a DP camp, to meet him.
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Abraham Morgenstern at the Bari Transit Camp
PhotoAbraham Morgenstern, right, stands in front of a sign marking the entrance to Bari Transit displaced persons (DP) camp in Italy, circa July 1947.
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Jewish displaced persons at the Bari Transit DP camp
PhotoJewish displaced persons (DPs) pose outside of a barracks in the Bari Transit DP camp in Italy. Among those pictured are Izidor and Tauba Schachter with their baby Miriam Schachter (now Enright), on the far right, and Etta Gipsman, on the far left.
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A Jewish displaced person in front of the Cinecittà camp
PhotoEdward Arzt, a Jewish displaced person (DP), stands at the entrance to the Cinecittà DP camp in Rome, Italy, 1947. Arzt and his family lived in the camp for three years before immigrating to the United States.
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Jewish displaced persons in the Cinecittà DP Camp
PhotoUrsula Tenenbaum, a Jewish displaced person (DP), watches her daughter, Katja, in the Cinecittà DP camp in Italy, June 1945.
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Teens study electricity in the Cremona DP camp
PhotoJewish teenagers study electricity at a vocational ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) school in the Cremona displaced persons (DP) camp, Italy, 1945–1947. Shie Zoltak is standing on the far left. Standing on the far right is Shie's uncle, Abraham Lisogurski, who is the instructor.
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At a Soup Kitchen in the Cremona DP Camp
PhotoTwo women and a child stand with metal bowls in front of a soup kitchen in the Cremona displaced persons (DP) camp in Italy, 1945. Pictured are Zelda Leikach and her daughter, Masha, with their friend Hinda.
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Family Photo Taken at the Rivoli DP Camp
PhotoSzyja Faktor, his wife Sala, and their daughter Frieda pose for a photograph while living in the Rivoli displaced persons (DP) camp in Italy, circa 1947–1948. During the war, Szyja, a Polish citizen, had briefly been held by the Germans. He escaped to the Soviet Union, where he stayed until 1945.
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Jewish DPs Aboard a Ship Traveling to Tricase
PhotoAustrian and German Jewish displaced persons (DPs)—who had survived the war in Albania—pose aboard a British ship taking them to the Tricase DP camp in Italy, September 28, 1945.
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Diploma certifying vocational training issued to a DP
PhotoDiploma issued by the International Refugee Organization (IRO) certifying that Naftali Froimowicz was trained as a shoemaker in Turin, Italy on November 14, 1949. Froimowicz lived in several displaced persons (DP) camps in Italy after the war.
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Group Portrait at the Gabersee DP Camp
PhotoGroup portrait of children and adults at the Hebrew school in the Gabersee displaced persons (DP) camp in Germany. Among those pictured is Bronia Spielman (front row, second from the left), circa 1946–1949.
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Couples with their new babies in the Gabersee DP camp
PhotoThree couples pose with their babies in the Gabersee displaced persons (DP) camp in Germany, 1947. In the center are David and Bella Perl (later spelled Pearl), who met and married after the war, with their daughter, Rachel. During the Holocaust, Bella Scheiner and her family were deported to Auschwitz. From there, she was sent to forced labor at Reichenbach, a sub-camp of Gross-Rosen. Bella met David—who had lost his wife and child during the war—while working at a photography studio after…
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An Alliance Israelite School in Morocco
PhotoLaurette Cohen (front row, far right) poses with her students at an Alliance Israelite School in Morocco. 1935. Laurette was born in Oran, Algeria, 1911. In 1932, she married Prosper Cohen (born in Meknes in 1909). They were both teachers for the Alliance Israelite Universelle Schools in Morocco. Their daughter, Mathilde, was born in Tangiers on August 31, 1933. Before 1939, the family lived in Meknes and Fez. Later, Laurette and Prosper were sent to teach in other different locations where they were…
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Studio wedding portrait of Reine and Yishua Ghozlan
PhotoPrewar wedding portrait of Reine and Yishua Ghozlan in Constantine, Algeria, on March 29, 1932. The couple experienced antisemitism in the prewar years, and in 1933 Reine and Yishua survived a deadly pogrom by hiding with French Christian friends. After the start of World War II, Yishua was thrown out of his position in the post office. Reine, Yishua, and their children were evicted from their apartment.
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Prewar family photograph taken in Constantine, Algeria
PhotoReine (seated in window) and Yishua Ghozlan (standing) were married in Constantine, Algeria, on March 29, 1932. They are pictured here with two of their parents. The couple experienced antisemitism in the prewar years, and in 1933 Reine and Yishua survived a deadly pogrom by hiding with French Christian friends. After the start of World War II, Yishua was thrown out of his position in the post office. Reine, Yishua, and their children were evicted from their apartment.
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Joseph Roger Cheraki
PhotoJoseph Roger Cheraki poses in the uniform of an Algerian soldier, ca. 1935. Joseph met Elizabeth Seiberl, and they married on October 27, 1936, in Algiers. In 1941, Joseph lost his job, their son Alfred was expelled from school, and they later had to sell their house. In 1942 Joseph, Elizabeth, and their sons Alfred and Jacques had to wear the yellow star. Boys threw stones at Alfred and Jacques. Joseph was sent to a forced-labor camp for a few months. He was eventually released. In 1946 the family…
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A group of Tunisian schoolgirls
PhotoA group of Tunisian schoolgirls wearing aprons. Nadia Cohen is in the first row, third from the left. Tunis, Tunisia, ca. 1930-1935. Nadia Cohen was born on January 17, 1924, in Tunis. Nadia's parents came from Orthodox households, but her father left the yeshiva at the age of seven to study Italian, Arabic, and accounting in a French school. In 1938, Nadia was sent to a boarding school in France. She returned home for a visit in the summer of 1939 but could not return to school that fall due to the…
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Prewar photograph of Terese Cohen with her two children
PhotoTerese Cohen, a Tunisian Jewish women, poses with her two children, Nadia and Marcel. Immediately after the Allied landings in Algeria and Morocco, the Germans occupied Tunisia. After the occupation, an SS officer came to the Cohen's house and confiscated everything leaving only the table and chairs for the Germans to use. They gave the family 24 hours to pack and leave and then expropriated the home to use as a barracks for soldiers.
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Forced labor in Tunisia
PhotoAs a German soldier looks on, Tunisian Jews are forced to sweep the street and move a wooden crate on a hand cart. Tunisia, 1942-43. Photograph courtesy of Bundesarchiv, German Federal Archives
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Forced labor in Im Fout labor camp
PhotoSami Dorra working at dam construction in the Im Fout labor camp. The camp was approximately 59 miles southwest of Casablanca, and housed a group of foreign workers. Im Fout, Morocco, 1941-42.
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Im Fout labor camp
PhotoAn unidentified worker walks by the railroad tracks at the Im Fout labor camp in Morocco. Living conditions were harsh in the camp, and many of the workers fell ill with typhus. Im Fout, Morocco, 1941-42.
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Construction of a dam near the Im Fout labor camp
PhotoView of the dam being built by forced laborers from the Im Fout labor camp in Morocco. Photograph taken 1941-42.
