Gift of Frania Bratt Blum

Id no. 541.90, Photograph

circa 1947, Germany, Landsberg

Subject(s):  Image, Families, DP camps, Children

This photograph circa 1947 captures a scene of Borys (Boris) Blum, second from left, supervising food distribution at the Landsberg Displaced Persons Camp in Germany. DP Camps such as the one in Landsberg provided temporary shelter and other services as survivors struggled to rebuild their lives. A Holocaust survivor, Blum became an officer of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) after the war. In the course of his work in the camps, Blum met Frania Bratt, a fellow survivor. Frania worked with Blum to establish a kosher communal kitchen to accommodate traditional Jewish dietary practices. In 1946 Frania and Borys married. Not long after, their daughter Towa (later Toby) was born. In 1950 the family immigrated to the United States.

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