Photographs of the Holocaust
Zeilsheim Displaced Persons Camp
Overview
- View of the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp.
- Portrait of the director of the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp in his office.
- Portrait of the first group of DPs to arrive at the Zeilsheim DP camp.
Running the Camp
- Four Jewish policemen stand outside police headquarters in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Jewish police detain a former Kapo who was recognized in the street at the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Election campaign banners posted on the gate of the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Election committee members distribute campaign posters in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
Daily Life
- A math lesson at the elementary school in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- The baby clinic at the hospital in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- The staff of the DP newspaper, "Unterwegs" (The Transient), at work in their office in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- A notice advertising a concert of Yiddish music is posted on a wall in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Jewish DPs at the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp hold a rally to promote free immigration to Palestine.
Religious Ceremonies
- A family of Jewish DPs poses with their newborn at a circumcision ceremony at the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- A child lights a Hannukah menorah during a holiday celebration in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Portrait of a Jewish DP couple at their wedding celebration in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Wedding ceremony at the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp. The rabbi recites the marriage blessings under the huppah (canopy).
Eleanor Roosevelt Visits
- Group of Jewish DPs welcome Eleanor Roosevelt during her official visit to the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Eleanor Roosevelt visits the memorial to Holocaust victims at the Zeilsheim displaced persons' camp during her official tour of the camp.
- Eleanor Roosevelt visits the Zeilsheim DP camp.
Other Important Visitors
- Chief Rabbi of Palestine, Isaac Herzog, pays an official visit to the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- David Ben Gurion, Chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, delivers a speech at a public forum during an official visit to the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Yitzhak Zuckerman, one of the founders of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ZOB) in Warsaw, and underground leader in the Warsaw Ghetto, speaks at a Zionist political meeting in the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- Zionist leader Nahum Goldmann tours the Zeilsheim DP camp.
- American editors and publishers tour the Zeilsheim DP camp.
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