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Pictured here is a
Purim celebration in Otwock, Poland in 1948. Among the six million
Jews who perished during the Holocaust, a million and a half were
children, most of them under the age of 15. After the war, hundreds
of thousands of survivors, including thousands of orphaned children,
emerged from the ruins of Europe and sought a way to establish their
lives anew. The Allies established camps for displaced persons in
Germany, Austria, and Italy. Concern for children’s welfare was
shown by setting up orphanages, a search system for family members,
and education systems. Many of the children who had been orphaned
were eventually brought to Palestine.
Yad Vashem Archives 4995/38 |
