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Distribution of Food

Date: 12 02 1956
Description: Elevated view of a Cub Scout, Girl Scout, and Brownie Scout standing on the sidewalk bringing boxes of food to St. Vincent de Paul to be distributed to rec...
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Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
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Children in Cart at Farenwald Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel's son, Ksiel (top row, left), and friends; Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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Refugees on their Way to the United States

Date: 1947
Description: Refugees on their way to Bremerhaven, Germany to sail to the United States. The man in the center is Max Neumann, director of HIAS in Germany. On the left ...
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Displaced Persons Camp Ambulance Drivers

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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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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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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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Refugees at a Displaced Persons Camp Celebrate a Soccer Victory

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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...
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Refugees Stand Near Baby Carriages at a Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 1947
Description: A group of unidentified refugees are standing near baby carriages at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany.
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Cuban Refugees at Camp McCoy

Date: 07 04 1980
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...
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Three European War Orphans

Date: 08 09 1950
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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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Man washing milking equipment.
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War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.
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Cuban Refugees Dancing

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Cubans dancing to salsa music. Photograph is part of a group of images taken of Cuban refugees who had arrived as a result of the Port of Mariel exodus, an...
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Cave Entrance in Vicksburg

Date: 1902
Description: Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family from May 18 to July 4, 1863, during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. Hundreds of other caves in the vicin...
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German Refugees

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Description: A snapshot of postwar refugees in Berlin traveling by railroad boxcar.
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Postwar Berlin

Date: 1946
Description: Men pulling a cart. It was, he wrote, the way "people move their stuff." Although undated, it was taken before June, 1946 when he returned to the United ...
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Moslem Refuge from Hindu, India

Date: 09 1951
Description: A Moslem refugee from Hindu India in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Alfred Hopf, Taxi Driver

Date: 09 18 1953
Description: Alfred Hopf, a German Jewish refugee, wearing his uniform and sitting in his taxi, says driving a taxi in Madison is a far cry from his old career asa pro...
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Displaced Persons

Date: 1945
Description: Foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf saying goodbye to Czechoslovakian children after interviewing them about their relief needs.

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