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An Unidentified Refugee

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Description: Portrait of an unidentified refugee.
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Milo Weinschenker

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Milo Weinschenker, the son of Chaim and Klara Weinschenker. He is sick, tucked into bed.
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Refugees Learn the Tailoring Trade

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Description: Unidentified refugees learn the tailoring trade; Germany.
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Cyla Tine Stundel and Son, Ksiel

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel and son, Ksiel; Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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Cyla Tine Stundel and Son, Ksiel

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel and her son, Ksiel, at Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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Refugee Children on an Outing

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Description: Refugee children stand in line as they wait to go on an outing; Munich. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust ...
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Refugees Work as Clerks in a D.P. Camp Office

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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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Refugees Learning Hebrew at a Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 08 18 1946
Description: Refugee children learning Hebrew at a displaced persons camp school; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the Holo...
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Milo Weinschenker in Sunglasses

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of a refugee child, Milo Weinschenker, wearing sunglasses. He is standing next to a train, as he and his family were about to leave Germany to sai...
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Refugee Child Acting in a Play

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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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Portrait of Jackie Melamedik

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel's nephew, Jackie Melamedik (her sister Marim's son); Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany. He was the only other member of her famil...
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Ice Cream Being Sold at a Displaced Persons Camp

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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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Weinschenker Family in a Train Car

Date: 1947
Description: The Weinschenker family poses for a portrait in a train car. From left to right are an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, Frieda Weinschenker (sittin...
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Refugees in a Food Warehouse at a D.P. Camp

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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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Polish Refugees on Train

Date: 1946
Description: Train full of Polish refugees. Photograph taken by Louis Koplin during the time he worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; near the Ge...
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Jews Construct a Ritual Bath at a Displaced Persons Camp

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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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Refugees Demonstrate for Israeli Statehood

Date: 1947
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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Women in an ORT School Learn Dressmaking

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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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Boxing Match at a D.P. Camp

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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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Refugees Play-Wrestling

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Description: Refugees "horsing around" on the ground. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust Interviews project. Sorrin, bor...

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