For Immediate Release From 1945 through 1961, the American
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a 94-year-old
humanitarian aid organization, collaborated with Australian
Jewish welfare organizations—often behind the scenes—to re-
settle tens of thousands of Displaced Persons (DP) from the
atrocities of the Holocaust in Europe. From August 3-September
7, 2008, JDC and the Jewish Museum of Australia will present
Nationality: Stateless, Destination: Australia, an exhibition
which features previously untold personal stories and photos
from JDC’s vast archives that illustrate the hardships—and
triumphs—of these Jewish refugees as they migrated from Europe
and attempted to rebuild their lives in Australia. She is
twenty-six. A dressmaker. A typewritten address,‘Azbergerlager’,
has been crossed out and‘Rothschild Hosp’ scrawled over the top.
Her nationality: stateless. Her destination: Australia. She is
accompanied by her husband. He is seventeen. A student. His
address is also Rothschild Hospital, but unlike h