celebrations of the first Hanukkah after liberation, in the displaced persons camp, Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany, 1945
WWII
Regine Binet of Bayeux, France, a town not far from the Normandy invasion beaches, receives a CARE Package in 1946 – a gift from an American she had never met
two young women who assisted in American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s baking of Passover matzahs for Jewish Displaced Persons after WWII. Berlin, 1946 PAPPY PASSOVER PEOPLE!!!!
historicaltimes: Brighter than a thousand suns: Eyes that have seen a nuclear blast. Hiroshima, Japan. August 8, 1945 via reddit
one of my favorite photos EVER celebrates a birthday! whataboutbobbed: from the window of the train Private Joe Sunseri grabs a last minute kiss from his girl, Alma Teresi, March […]
Marion Schultz is an electric drill operator in the tail cone assembly, A-20 Boston bomber, at Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, on October 21, 1943
Marlene Dietrich, wearing the official apron, draws a couple of cups of coffee in the snack bar at the Hollywood Canteen where she is a hostess. photo dated – October […]
Marjorie Weaver makes it easy for the boys to take their turn at a physical checkup at a camp during a personal appearance by the star on August 21, 1942. […]
katielouiseford: Soldier’s goodbye & Bobbie the cat, ca. 1939-ca. 1945 / by Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.
coolchicksfromhistory: Young widow Yvonne Roques worked with Bishop Paul Rémond in Nice to hide approximately a hundred Jewish children during World War II. Yvonne’s home served as a way station before […]