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Photo, Print, Drawing Jewish Family Outside Their Temporary Home, Poland.

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Title

  • Jewish Family Outside Their Temporary Home, Poland.

Summary

  • In this photograph, members of a Jewish family that had been forced to flee their town pose outside their temporary home, a crude structure located on the road between Kowel and Rowne, Poland (present-day Kovel and Rovne or Rivne, Ukraine). In the years immediately following World War I, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) sent field representatives to Poland. They not only worked to provide relief and rehabilitation to destitute Jews but also investigated local conditions and needs in order to plan future aid efforts, which included support for existing community organizations and the establishment of new ones. Among the first medical team of JDC representatives was Max Colton, a physician, who took this photograph as part of his documentation of the work of the medical unit and the communities where it worked. The JDC was founded by American Jews in New York City to help destitute Jews in Europe and Palestine impacted by World War I. Since 1914, the JDC has operated as a global humanitarian organization, providing food, clothing, medicine, child care, job training, and refugee assistance in more than 90 countries. The JDC Archives contain photographs, documents, film, video, oral histories, and artifacts documenting the organization's work.

Names

  • Colton, Max J. Photographer.
  • Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1921.

Headings

  • -  Ukraine
  • -  1921
  • -  American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • -  Earth houses
  • -  Families
  • -  Jews
  • -  Refugees
  • -  War damage
  • -  World War, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph : black and white ; 2.75 x 4.5 inches.
  • -  Original resource at: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • World War I

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670920

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Colton, Max J. Photographer, and Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name. Jewish Family Outside Their Temporary Home, Poland. Ukraine, 1921. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670920/.

APA citation style:

Colton, M. J. P. & Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name. (1921) Jewish Family Outside Their Temporary Home, Poland. Ukraine, 1921. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670920/.

MLA citation style:

Colton, Max J. Photographer, and Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name. Jewish Family Outside Their Temporary Home, Poland. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670920/>.