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    [Jewish refugees singing in front of a portrait of Theodor Herzl, probably the offices of the U.S. Army Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz, American sector of Berlin]

    Object Name
    217
    Date1947 (printed 2012)
    Label Text

    Rabbi Mayer Abramowitz provided services to more than 100,000 Jewish Displaced Persons (DPs) living in the American sector of Berlin in 1947, when Vishniac took this photograph. Many Jewish DPs hoped to immigrate to Palestine, which would soon become the independent State of Israel, and Hebrew classes were common in the camps, as well as lessons in Hebrew songs (shown here), literature, and theater. Abramowitz established a large school at the Schlachtensee Displaced Persons camp and held a weekly teacher’s seminar for Jewish instructors. After returning to the U.S., Abramowitz became the rabbi of Temple Menorah in Miami Beach, where he is currently Rabbi Emeritus.

    Medium
    Inkjet print
    Dimensions
    Image: 12 x 11 5/16 in. (30.5 x 28.7 cm)
    Location
    place taken Berlin, Germany
    Credit Line
    Roman Vishniac Archive
    Accession Number2012.80.33
    Copyright
    © Mara Vishniac Kohn, courtesy International Center of Photography

    For all uses of photographs by Roman Vishniac contact ICP at: vishniac_archive@icp.org.