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  4. Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) managing his 'Package' program where he solicated packages from US families to support survivors, 1945-1948.

Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) managing his 'Package' program where he solicated packages from US families to support survivors, 1945-1948.

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Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their problems to the attention of the American Jewish community and US government. After the war he returned to the US and served congregations in Boston and Yonkers.
15 Photographs of Avraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner), Jewish chaplain in the US Army.
Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) with survivors, 1945.
In the photograph: Among the survivors, Yankel Levin. Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also...
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Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) managing his 'Package' program where he solicated packages from US families to support survivors, 1945-1948.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) speaking at rally against the military, 1945-1948.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner, right) and Corporal Abe Plotkin, 1945-1948.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) managing his 'Package' program where he solicated packages from US families to support survivors, 1945-1948.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner).
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner), 1945-1948.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) with survivors, 1945.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Munich, Germany, a photograph of Major Irving Heymont converses with David Ben-Gurion during his visit to the camp, and U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner, at the left), 1945-1946.
David Ben Gurion visited DP camps in 10/1945 and again in 1946. The photograph was taken in one of those visits. Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the...
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Munich, Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) sitting near the speaker Leo Schwarz at the first post-war Zionist conference, 1945.
Leo Schwarz, JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) director for Germany. Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He...
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Munich, Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) at the first post-war Zionist conference, 1945.
In the photograph: Abraham Klausner (second from the left), Philipp Auerbach (second from the right). Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit...
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Munich, Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) sitting near the speaker Leon Retter at the first post-war Zionist conference, 1945.
The conference was sponsored by the Central Committee of liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone in Germany. Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit...
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) with other chaplains attending a meeting called by Judge Louis Levinthal (advisor on Jewish affairs to the US army in Germany, 11/1945.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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Munich, Germany, a photograph of U.S. chaplain Rabbi Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) speaking at the first post-war Zionist conference, 1945.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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A photograph of Chaplain Abraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner) in military dining room, after the war.
Abraham Klausner (1915-2007), Jewish chaplain in the US Army. Abraham graduated the University of Denver and received his rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1943. He joined the army in 6/1944 and became the first Jewish chaplain to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation and remain there in service of survivors. In 6/1945, Abraham compiled the list of Jewish survivors. The 25,000-name list expended into a six-volume registry of Jewish DPs, called the 'Sheerit ha-Pletah', or 'Surviving Remnant'. He was also instrumental in establishing services for survivors and bringing their...
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15 Photographs of Avraham Klausner (the father of the submitter, Amos Klausner), Jewish chaplain in the US Army.
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