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| Description: | Displaced persons camp ambulance drivers standing on a UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) jeep. The man in the front, center,... |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man and a woman performing in a theatrical production at a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wis... |
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| Description: | Women learning the dressmaking trade at an ORT school in a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivo... |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Refugees stand behind supplies in a food warehouse at a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors... |
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| Description: | Boxing match, most likely between refugees, at a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the... |
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| Description: | Construction of a mikveh (ritual bath) by religious Jews; Neu Freimann D.P. camp; Munich. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors ... |
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| Description: | Unidentified refugees learn the tailoring trade; Germany. |
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| Description: | Portrait of a refugee child acting in a play at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the... |
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| Description: | Refugees patronizing a "beer-bar," run by invalids at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Refugees demonstrate for Israeli statehood at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the H... |
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| Description: | Ice cream being sold outside of a "beer-bar" at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the... |
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| Description: | Refugees at a Displaced Persons camp celebrate a soccer victory over another D.P. camp team; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A group of unidentified refugees are standing near baby carriages at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Saul Sorrin leading General Dwight D. Eisenhower on a tour of the Neu Friemann Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of t... |
| Date: | 08 01 1949 |
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| Description: | Four Latvian refugee children sitting on the steps of their host family, the Allan Dicksons, 5435 Egan Court. In the front row, left to right, are Gundar ... |
| Date: | 08 16 1949 |
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| Description: | The Matiss Briedis family, from Latvia, with some of the Madison men and women who have found them a new home in Madison. Seated are Matiss, 42, former Lat... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Cuban refugees at Camp McCoy. Three children standing with their arms around each others shoulders. Two wear Woody Woodpecker t-shirts, the other wears a D... |
| Date: | 07 04 1980 |
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| Description: | Group of six men posed for an informal portrait. One smokes a cigarette and has a pet squirrel on his shoulder. Another man holds a small U.S. flag. Barrac... |
| Date: | 08 09 1950 |
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| Description: | Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, left, greets three war orphans visiting Madison under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. Left to Ri... |
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