Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther and Elizabeth S. Plaut

Id no. 937.92, Photograph

circa 1925, Germany, Berlin

Created by:  Abraham

Subject(s):  Communal institutions, Children, Food, Orphanages

Jonas and Selma Plaut were the directors of the Baruch Auerbach Institute from 1922 to 1939. Their wards were Jewish orphans. In this photograph, Selma Plaut wearing a white blouse is standing in the rear at the right. Jonas and Selma also had their own children, Wolf Gunther (b. Muenster, Germany, November 1, 1912) and Walter (b. Berlin August 28, 1919).

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