WE REMEMBER THE DISPLACED PERSONS (DP)!
Eschwege, DP Camp in Germany, 17.10.1946: Shika Bruk with Ben Gurion, during his visit for the election to the 22th Zionist congress.
Shika Bruk was a Halutz (a pioneer) from Nowogrodek, who was among the founders of Kibbutz Negba. During 2 years, 1946-7 he served as a "Shaliach", in the Jewish Brigade and was stationed in various DP (Displaced Persons - refugees of WWII) camps in Germany.
A ceremony which took place in DP camp Bremenhaven on 13 July 1949
to mark the 50,000th refugee' sailing to America
Source: "Yad Chaya Lashoah, the Jewish Legacy Museum
in NYC - Israel Gutman, Holocaust Encylopedia, Yad
Vashem vol. IV, page 924
Links
Displaced Persons - DP Camps in Germany
The Politics of Spiritual Rehabilitation in the DP Camps by Judith Tydor Baumel
Shika Bruk IN the forest near the Farenwald DP camp, 6.4.1946
Collections of letters and articles of Shika Bruk's friends from the period of his service as a "Shaliach", a delgate of Eretz Israel in the DP camps on German territories.
Click the image to read (in Hebrew) the paragraph.
