Gift of Elsa Beck

Id no. 2016.89, Photograph, `

1945 to 1946, Italy, Rome

Subject(s):  Rehabilitation, JDC, Work, Refugees

After the war, Elyaskevitch, a Jewish archaeologist from Lithuania, became the Director of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Rome. In this role, she helped Jewish refugees from Romania and other countries immigrate to Palestine or the US.