Lerner, Harry

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Harry V. Lerner was born in Memphis, Nebraska. Prior to World War II, he was an attorney in Omaha, Nebraska. During World War II, he served in the US Army in Europe. After the war, he joined UNNRA and assisted Jewish displaced persons. In Sep 1945, he became director of UNRRRA Team 502, which was responsible for two Jewish displaced persons centers in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1946, he married Clare Lerner, who came to Germany as a volunteer worker for the Jewish Relief Unit (British). Mr. Lerner was also assigned to UNRRA Teams 570, 622, and 1045. Harry Lerner died ca. 1991. Clare Lerner lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

From the description of Harry and Clare Lerner correspondence relating to their work with displaced persons and the UNRRA letters. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122557857

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associatedWith American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Elgart, Saul. person
associatedWith Lerner, Clare. person
associatedWith United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Stuttgart (Germany)
Vilseck (Germany : Displaced persons camp)
Rehau (Germany : Displaced persons camp)
Radom (Poland)
Hof (Germany : Displaced persons camp)
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Karlsruhe (Germany)
Degerloch (Stuttgart, Germany : Displaced persons camp)
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Displaced persons
Displaced persons camps
Emigration and immigration
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust survivors
Jewish communities
Resistance fighters
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