Object ID
2014.1.90
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Date
1939
Files
Download Full Text (6.7 MB)
Description
Front: An image of two men holding a Torah in the Devoncourst Bay refugee camp in England. Back: Typed information about the image.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Associated Press wire photo with following information verso: "Free to pursue their devotions without fear of persecution, these young German Jewish refugees are shown unrolling the scrolls of the law for Jewish religious instruction at the Dovercourt Bay refugee camp in England. Note the shawls and head coverings they are wearing in accordance with ancient custom."
Dimensions
9 x 7"
Keywords
Refugee, Torah, England, Dovercourt Bay, Associated Press
Subcollection
Early, Kindertransport
Recommended Citation
"Jewish Refugees Holding Torah" (1939). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.90.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/23