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Polish Refugees on Train
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Train full of Polish refugees. Photograph taken by Louis Koplin during the time he worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; near the German border. "U.S. Army" is painted on the railroad car.
1946
Koplin, Louis
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Louis Koplin and Friends Working for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
1946
Louis Koplin (far left, in front of truck) and friends. All the men are wearing uniforms of workers for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Munich.
Portrait of Polish Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Sweden
1945
Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors in a camp at Holsbybrunn, Sweden.
Bremen Emigrant Area
1947
The entrance of the area of emigration for refugees from Europe, taken by Louis Koplin; Bremen, Germany.
Schlomo Kopolowitz in front of Koplin Residence
October 1966
Louis Koplin's uncle, Schlomo Kopolowitz, standing in front of the Koplin residence (occupied as a government building since the end of World War II); Svaljava (Ukraine).
Self-Portrait of Walter Peltz with Group of Holocaust Survivors
1946
A self-portrait by Walter Wolf Peltz (foreground) at a party with a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors who called themselves "The Club"; Germany.
