David and Lisa Eizenberg collection
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
David Eizenberg was born in 1911 in eastern Poland (now Ukraine) and immigrated to the United States at age 11. During World War II, he trained at Camp Ritchie, and, in his role as a technical sergeant, set up communications for, among other events, the Potsdam Conference. After the war, he worked for the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS in displaced persons camps and accompanied the children going to Palestine on the ship Champollion. While assisting displaced persons searching for relatives, he met Lisa Egler (b. May 19, 1924). She was half-Jewish and had been active in the Red Orchestra. The couple later married.
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David and Lisa Eizenberg collection
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Consists of photographs and documents from the collection of David and Lisa Eizenberg. Includes photographs of David's work with the Joint Distribution Committee and HIAS in displaced persons camps near Berlin following World War II; of the voyage of the Champollion, which brought displaced persons--including a large group of children to Palestine in April 1946; pre-war family photographs; and some prints published by George Kadish of images from the Stroop Report. Also includes David Eizenberg's 1946 passport; copies of personal correspondence; and letter from the Jewish Agency noting that David Eisenberg [sic} will accompany the Champollion.