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SUMMARY:The War Orphans Bureau Project with Dr. Alex Feller  (In Person &am
 p\; Zoom)
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:<p>After World War I\, the American Jewish Joi
 nt Distribution Committee (JDC) established the War Orphans Bureau to aid 
 thousands of European Jewish children who had lost one or both parents. Ma
 ny of these children lived in devastated towns across former Galicia. A ke
 y function of the Bureau was creating detailed orphan lists to manage aid 
 distribution and track each child's needs. These lists were compiled at th
 e town level through local networks of rabbis\, teachers\, orphanages\, an
 d relief workers. Each entry included the child’s name\, age\, birthplac
 e\, parents’ status\, guardian\, physical condition\, and educational ba
 ckground. Children were classified as full orphans\, half-orphans\, or di
 splaced\, helping prioritize the level of assistance. The lists enabled th
 e Bureau to provide stipends\, clothing\, food\, education\, and medical c
 are. They were updated regularly and submitted to the JDC’s headquarters
  for monitoring and planning. Orphan lists also supported efforts to reuni
 te children with relatives\, and when available\, included addresses of re
 latives abroad. These records were vital for accountability and long-term 
 care coordination. Today\, the lists serve as valuable historical resource
 s documenting Jewish communal rescue efforts and as important genealogical
  records on children and their parents. Given the disruption to vital reco
 rd keeping during World War I\, these lists can provide information of a d
 eceased parent’s year and cause of death which may not be recorded elsew
 here. With the support of Gesher Galicia\, I coordinated a project to tran
 scribe data from orphan lists associated with towns within the former terr
 itory of Galicia into a searchable format available on Gesher Galicia’s 
 All Galicia Database.<br />\n** This meeting will be available via Zoom an
 d in person\, although the speaker will be remote **</p>\n
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