American Joint Distribution Committee storage room - women’s clothing

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Creator

Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia

Dates

1947 (indexed as 1947)

Level

item

Extent

Drawing : paper : Print : Ink : Beige, Black ; Ht: 30 cm x W: 20,5 cm

Scope & content

Print of drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a store room of the American Joint Distribution Company. Racks of coats, piles of boxes marked 'AJDC,' a saw horse, and 2 opened boxes. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Dec 1945. Her first assignment was at the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons camp near Hamburg. She was charged with interviewing for and distributing visas to Sweden, helping Jews locate surviving family, and for arranging medical care. After 6 months she was transferred to Hamburg where she helped re-establish a Jewish community. Her focus was on rebuilding a sense of community and spirit above mere survival requirements.

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Genre / form

graphic material

In the picture

BoxCharityClothing StoreCoatDrawingDressImmigrationShop InteriorTableWarehouseTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

AJDCA.J.D.C. DEPT. DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEERead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

English

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2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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