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Pictured here are
children dressed up for Purim in a displaced persons camp in
Zeilsheim, Germany. 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 in the
camps: orphanages, a search system for family members, and education
systems were set up. Of approximately 250,000 Jews who were in
displaced persons camps after the war, 160,000-including several
thousand children-emigrated to Israel.
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