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Photo, Print, Drawing Jewish War Orphans in Dubno, Poland.

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Title

  • Jewish War Orphans in Dubno, Poland.

Summary

  • The two children in this photograph, dressed in rags, are orphans in Dubno, Poland (present-day Ukraine). The devastation of World War I and the subsequent Russo-Polish War of 1919-20 resulted in tens of thousands of orphaned Jewish children in Poland. These orphans could find shelter in numerous child care facilities operated by the Centralne Towarzystwo Opieki nad Sierotami (CENTOS--Federation of Associations for Orphans and Abandoned Children), an umbrella organization embracing more than 200 Jewish orphanages, boarding schools, and other educational facilities. CENTOS was funded primarily by local Jewish communities and by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), which had been formed during World War I to provide wartime relief to Jewish communities, including support for the establishment of Jewish hospitals, child care institutions, and food distribution stations throughout Poland. Since 1914, the JDC has operated as a global humanitarian organization in more than 90 countries. The photograph is from the archives of the JDC, which contain 100,000 photographs, two million documents, film, video, oral histories, and artifacts documenting the organization's humanitarian work from World War I to the present.

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 to 1922]

Headings

  • -  Ukraine--Rovno Oblast--Dubno
  • -  1921 to 1922
  • -  American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • -  CENTOS (Organization)
  • -  Children
  • -  Faith-based human services
  • -  Humanitarian assistance
  • -  Jews
  • -  Orphans
  • -  Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
  • -  War relief
  • -  World War, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph : black and white ; 3.5 x 5.75 inches.
  • -  Original resource at: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
  • -  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

  • 2021670924

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 War Orphans in Dubno, Poland. Rovno Oblast Dubno Ukraine, 1921. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1922] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670924/.

APA citation style:

Colton, M. J. P. & Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name. (1921) Jewish War Orphans in Dubno, Poland. Rovno Oblast Dubno Ukraine, 1921. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1922] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670924/.

MLA citation style:

Colton, Max J. Photographer, and Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name. Jewish War Orphans in Dubno, Poland. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1922] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670924/>.