German Child at Wiesbaden Hospital, 1945. His parents, in anger, asked me why our American planes had done this to an innocent child...? We saw countless amputations of this sort. -Maxine Rude
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Greta (Fischerova) Fischer, was a refugee from Czechoslovakia who fled to London at the beginning of WWII in 1939. Her parents,who remained in Czechoslovakia perished in Theresienstadt. Fischer spent the war years working in British nurseries and after the war immediately joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)...
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Henryk Michinek Painting a Mural at United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Children's Center, Aglasterhausen, Germany, 1946. It was always such a revelation seeing the art done by those in the camps. So much was dark and heavy, often reflecting the justice that had vanished from their lives. After completing this mural, ...
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Jewish Mother and Child, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Transit camp, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany, 1945. A Jewish mother and child stop for food and shelter at the Deutches Museum Camp. This scene was used for background in the film, "The Search." It told the story of the upheaval of a Jewish family from Pr...
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Kaiser Clothing Collection from United States, Warehouse near Hanau, Germany, 1945. Clothing specifically for the Displaced Persons poured in from many countries. Distribution became a major problem when it was discovered that much of the clothing was in unusable condition due to the length of time taken to process it for shipment. Rot, mold, bu...
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Director General of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Operations Europe: Lieutenant General Frederick Morgan. Morgan signed the World War II Peace Agreement at Reims, France, for Great Britain. Photographed at his office in Arolsen, Germany.1945.
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Maxine Rude and Norman Weaver in Rude's Photo Laboratory, Hoechst, Germany, 1945. Norman Weaver (1913-1989) was a colleague of Maxine Rude. Together they photographed United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) operations. Weaver, a native of London, England began the war as a Cartographic Trade Hand. In 1942 UNRRA hired him ...
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Memorial Day Parade at a Polish Displaced Persons Camp. US Zone, Germany, 1946 Paper globe on the truck made by Displaced Persons. Notice words: "Long life to Democracy..."
Creator:
Rude, Maxine, 1921-2012
Created:
1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.