Consists of several newspaper and magazine articles concerning Jews and displaced persons and the activities of American and British armies in the occupied zones in Europe after World War II. Included are three issues of "UNRRA," which concern the work of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) with displaced persons after the Holocaust. Also included are issues of Jewish ...

01:01:19 (LIB 6067) Displaced Persons, Menden, Germany. Crowd of DPs with white armbands. MSs, CUs queue outside of mess hall. INT, DPs being served soup into canteens. "Camp Commandant" quarters. Woman greets camp leader. MSs, CUs, "Displaced Persons" sign on tree. HSs, DPs walk around camp grounds, conversing, some walk arm in arm. EXT, hospital with Red Cross flag. INT, doctors examine emaciated ...

Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid: Repatriëring > Archief van de Regeringscommissaris voor Repatrieering, 1943-1945 > voorbereiding van de repatriëring > Rapport van G.E.Schipper over het te verwachten in beweging komen van ca. 400.000 Nederlandse "displaced persons" na hun bevrijding en de te nemen maatregelen om deze stroom in goede banen te leiden, Londen,

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Caption title. 61 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Consists of records of displaced persons (DP) camps and centers, which were collected by YIVO between 1946-1954. Includes information about Jewish organizations and committees that supported DPs, the occupation authorities, antisemitism, liberation day celebrations, annual congresses, material needs, the housing shortage in Germany, cultural activities, the Jewish community of Berlin, searches for ...

The Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons was formed in the United States in 1946, by leaders of the American Jewish Committee and the American Committee for Judaism. This broad based group of noted Americans were gathered for the goal of influencing Congress so that it would pass legislation relaxing immigration quotas and permitting the entrance of displaced persons from Europe to enter the United ...

Bibliogr.: p. 207-224. VIII, 237 p. : krt. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-120). 120 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 DVD

(LIB 7013) UNRRA at Displaced Persons Camp, Wetzlar, Germany, June 14-15, 1945. LSs, MSs, male displaced persons doing calisthenics and drilling under direction of UNRRA worker. MS, children enter bus for tour of local area. Girls wave as bus pulls away. MLS, men and women in uniform standing in front of doors labelled "Headquarters DET DP 46". CU, group of men and women. CU, another group of men and ...

(LIB 7013) UNRRA at Displaced Persons Camp, Wetzlar, Germany, June 14-15, 1945. LSs, MSs, male displaced persons doing calisthenics and drilling under direction of UNRRA worker. MS, children enter bus for tour of local area. Girls wave as bus pulls away. MLS, men and women in uniform standing in front of doors labelled "Headquarters DET DP 46". CU, group of men and women. CU, another group of men and ...

Henry Cohen was born in 1922 to Jewish immigrants living in New York City. Henry received a Master's degree in city planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then enlisted in the United States Army in 1944. After serving in the Army, he was appointed Director of the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany in January of 1946. Henry headed the camp until July 1946, at which point ...

Archief 418: Soltau, D.H.K. Uitvoering van RAPWI-missies

1. Auflage. 523 pages : 16 illustrations ; 23 cm

Contains oral history interviews with displaced persons in Europe recorded from June to October 1946

Notes taken from NCJF documentation, cribbed from narration presented by Cedric Hardwicke: "This film describes the life of the "hard core" displaced persons in a village in South Germany. They were the handicapped, the old, and the victims of polio that no country wanted. For them no jobs were made available and their lives seemed hopeless until the Norwegian government allowed small numbers to immigrate ...

In this Collection there is documentation regarding the lives of the displaced persons (DPs) in the camps. It contains thousands of placards from the camps, mainly concerning cultural and artistic matters, religious life, sport, elections and political parties. Additionally, there are announcements , principally issued by administrative departments in the Eschwefe DP camp and the Feldafing DP camp. ...

Adler typewriter with gray case purchased by Shaya Yurfest from a local German while the family was living in Windsheim displaced persons camp in 1946. The family used it to assist other refugees with their paperwork.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-172). 172 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Uitg. in samenw. met het United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Lorna J. Adelman joined her husband, Gilbert, in Wiesbaden, Germany after World War II from 1946 to 1948. Gil was a dentist with the United States Army. They worked in a hospital and assisted displaced persons.