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Members of Newly Formed Temple Beth El

Date: 1940
Description: Members of newly formed Temple Beth El. Holocaust survivor Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky is seated in the front row, third from the left.
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Portrait of Israel Wolnerman

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Description: Portrait of Holocaust survivor, Israel Wolnerman. Wolnerman was among thousands of prisoners from Staltach (a subsidiary of Dachau), on their way to annihi...
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Portrait of the Wolnerman Family

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Description: Portrait of Holocaust survivor, Israel Wolnerman, his wife Irene, and their child. Wolnerman was among thousands of prisoners from Staltach (a subsidiary o...
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Israel Wolnerman and Family at their Milwaukee Home

Date: 12 19 1980
Description: Holocaust survivor Israel Wolnerman, his wife Irene, and their daughter Ann at their residence. Wolnerman was among thousands of prisoners from Staltach (a...
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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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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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An Unidentified Refugee

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Description: Portrait of an unidentified refugee.
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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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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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Jewish Orphans Appearing in a Film

Date: 1947
Description: Jewish orphans between takes while appearing in Fred Zinneman's film, "The Search"; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Surviv...
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 Learn the Tailoring Trade

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Description: Unidentified refugees learn the tailoring trade; Germany.
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A "Beer-Bar" at a Displaced Persons Camp

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Description: Refugees patronizing a "beer-bar," run by invalids at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany.
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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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