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Abe Mazliach (right) with son Steven in front of a former Displaced Persons camp in Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
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Fremont man visits his birthplace: a DP camp in Germany

Alix Wall by Alix Wall July 15, 2022

About five years ago, with the help of his son, Steven, Abe Mazliach started a Facebook group for people like him. Mazliach, 76, of Fremont, was born in a displaced […]

The author's father, James Rice, in 1946 at a camp housing Jewish orphans nicknamed New Palestine. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Rice)
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Saying goodbye to Trump’s immigration policy while remembering the Jewish refugees of post-war Europe

Michael Rice by Michael Rice December 15, 2020
Jewish men gather in a communal sukkah in a displaced person's camp in Amberg, Germany, October 1947.
 (Photo/U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum-Courtesy of Abraham Malach)
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75 years ago, my parents and other Holocaust survivors celebrated Sukkot on their own terms

Menachem Z. Rosensaft by Menachem Z. Rosensaft and JTA October 1, 2020October 1, 2020
Sophie Weinzimmer (third from left) with her family in a Displaced Persons camp for Holocaust survivors in Steyr, Austria, March 1949
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Saratoga woman visits Austrian DP camp where she was born

Lezak Shallat by Lezak Shallat July 9, 2019July 10, 2019
Bookshelf of old copies of J. Previous names of this publication have included Emanu-El and Jewish Bulletin. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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New emigres look forward to first U.S. seder (1989); DPs in Italy (1949)

by J. Staff April 17, 2017April 17, 2017

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