Refugees Work as Clerks in a D.P. Camp Office | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Refugees Work as Clerks in a D.P. Camp Office

Refugees Work as Clerks in a D.P. Camp Office | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Three male refugees working as clerks in the office of a displaced persons camp; Germany.

Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust Interviews project. Sorrin, born in New York in 1919, applied in 1940 for a position with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). He worked with Holocaust survivors as a supply officer for UNRAA team 560 at the Displaced Persons camp Neu Freimann Siedlung in Germany and later, at General Dwight D. Eisenhower's recommendation, Sorrin became the Area Director of the International Refugee Organization based at the Wolfratshausen DP camp in Bad Kissingen.

When asked about this image, Sorrin revealed, "These are some of our clerks in one of the camps. I remember this man's name on the right.  He was a welfare worker and his name is Sternberg. And these are two people who in this particular place were keeping documentation on newcomers into the camp."

Interview by Jean Loeb Lettofsky and David Mandel, March 3, 1980.
DESCRIPTION
Three male refugees working as clerks in the office of a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust Interviews project. Sorrin, born in New York in 1919, applied in 1940 for a position with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). He worked with Holocaust survivors as a supply officer for UNRAA team 560 at the Displaced Persons camp Neu Freimann Siedlung in Germany and later, at General Dwight D. Eisenhower's recommendation, Sorrin became the Area Director of the International Refugee Organization based at the Wolfratshausen DP camp in Bad Kissingen. When asked about this image, Sorrin revealed, "These are some of our clerks in one of the camps. I remember this man's name on the right. He was a welfare worker and his name is Sternberg. And these are two people who in this particular place were keeping documentation on newcomers into the camp." Interview by Jean Loeb Lettofsky and David Mandel, March 3, 1980.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:57619
Creation Date:date unknown
Creator Name:Sorrin, Saul
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Collection Name:Wisconsin survivors of the Holocaust. Interviews and photographs, circa 1939-circa 1945, 1974-1975, 1980-1981
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, b/w copy
Original Format Number:PH 3187.20.16
Original Dimensions:35mm
SUBJECTS
Typewriters
Housing
Holocaust survivors
Indoor photography
Jews
Men
Refugees
Clerks
Offices
Camps
Suits (Clothing)

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