Photo, Print, Drawing Jewish War Orphans Arrive in the United States.

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About this Item

Title

  • Jewish War Orphans Arrive in the United States.

Summary

  • This photograph from 1921 shows a group of children orphaned as a result of World War I, newly arrived in New York harbor and about to begin a new life, posing with American flags. The war brought devastation to communities across Europe, leaving behind needy populations, including hundreds of thousands of orphans. In Central and Eastern Europe, the collapse of empires and onset of revolution prolonged the disorder, famine, and disease that began during the war. For Jews, there was the added danger of pogroms. The Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers (later the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, both names abbreviated as the JDC), founded in 1914 to provide relief during the war, continued its work in Poland and neighboring regions after the war. In 1920 it created the War Orphans Bureau, which played a crucial role in facilitating the emigration of Jewish children from Eastern Europe to the United States and elsewhere. The image is from the archives of the JDC, which contain documents, photographs, film, video, oral histories, and artifacts recording the work of the organization from World War I to the present. The JDC has provided food, clothing, medicine, child care, job training, and refugee assistance in more than 90 countries since 1914.

Names

  • Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name.
  • Underwood & Underwood Photographer.

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  United States of America--New York--New York
  • -  1921
  • -  American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • -  Children
  • -  Emigration and immigration
  • -  Faith-based human services
  • -  Flags
  • -  Group portraits
  • -  Humanitarian assistance
  • -  Immigrants
  • -  Jews
  • -  Orphans
  • -  Portrait photographs
  • -  World War, 1914-1918

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph : black and white ; 6.5 x 8.5 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

  • 2021670917

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name, and Underwood & Underwood Photographer. Jewish War Orphans Arrive in the United States. United States of America New York, 1921. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670917/.

APA citation style:

Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name & Underwood & Underwood Photographer. (1921) Jewish War Orphans Arrive in the United States. United States of America New York, 1921. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670917/.

MLA citation style:

Joint Distribution Committee Of The American Funds For Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name, and Underwood & Underwood Photographer. Jewish War Orphans Arrive in the United States. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021670917/>.