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Item ID | 24528 | |||
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Title | 24528 | |||
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Reference Code | NY_13631 | |||
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Description | Germany, Munich; circa 1948; center to right in photo-Samuel Haber, JDC Zone director, Hy Wachtel, JDC zone supply director, and Rabbi Solomon Shapiro, JDC director for Religious Affairs--More than 2,200,000 tons of wheat, purchased in the US by the JDC is being baked into matzo for distribution to the 145,000 Jewish DP's in the American Zone of Germany and Berlin during the Passover holiday of 1948. The baking of the matzo will require the full time production facilities of the two JDC supported matzo producing factories in Munich and Frankfurt for four months. In addition to the matzo and matzo meal produced, the JDC distributed 500,000 pounds of special foods and 140,000 bottles of sacramental wine imported from Palestine. | |||
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Size | 1 x 1 1/2 | |||
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Format | Negative |
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