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Contains one photograph taken in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp. The photograph shows a group of people standing outside of a building, identified by Paula Lebovics [donor] as the kitchen.

By 1948 the majority of the estimated 250.000 Jewish Displaced Persons (DPs) in the American and British Zones of occupied Germany had managed to leave Europe. Among the minority remaining were one group of approximately 300 Orthodox Jews. The author examines these Jewish survivors' negotiations with West German authorities as they worked to recreate their communal structures outside the Föhrenwald ...

Henry Cohen was born in 1922 to Jewish immigrants living in New York City. Henry received a Master's degree in city planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then enlisted in the United States Army in 1944. After serving in the Army, he was appointed Director of the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany in January of 1946. Henry headed the camp until July 1946, at which point ...

Contains thirty black and white photographs, one copy of Bamidbar, a photocopy of excerpts from "Fohrenwald: Das Lager fuer Heimatslos," and "Fohrenwald: The Last Jewish DP camp in Germany, 1951-1957."

Consists of two documents from the SS Marine Flasher, thirty photographs, and three small photograph albums from the displaced persons camp in Föhrenwald, Germany, relating to Abraham Ackerstein.

The 33 photographs were taken in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II. Many of the photographs have captions on the verso.