Emigrants at the Aid Society of German Jews
!["Auswanderer vor dem Comitè des Hilfsvereins der Deutschen Juden in Hamburg [in den Auswandererhallen der Hamburg-Amerika Linie]", unbekannter Photograph, 1907; Bildquelle: Sechster Geschäftsbericht des Hilfsvereins der Deutschen Juden (1907), Berlin 1908, S. 112.](http://ieg-ego.eu/illustrationen/juedische-migration-bilderordner/auswanderer-vor-dem-comite-des-hilfsvereins-der-deutschen-juden-in-hamburg-img/@@images/11c8ebd6-6496-4e60-95e9-5e78a6d3f031.jpeg "Auswanderer beim Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden IMG")
The Aid Society of German Jews (Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden) incorporated in its annual reports photographs of Jewish transients from Eastern Europe who received support on their way along the main transit routes to North America. The aid society offered migrants advice, material support, shelter and food. The photos were meant to demonstrate to donors that the Aid Society was acting professionally and cared very well for Jewish transients.
Auswanderer vor dem Comité des Hilfsvereins der Deutschen Juden in Hamburg [in den Auswandererhallen der Hamburg-Amerika Linie], (Emigrants before the committee of the Aid Society of German Jews in Hamburg [in the emigrant halls of the Hamburg-America Line]), 1907, unknown photographer; source: Sechster Geschäftsbericht des Hilfsvereins der Deutschen Juden [Sixth Business Report of the Aid Society of German Jews] (1907), Berlin 1908, p. 112.
In der Herberge des Hilfsvereins der Deutschen Juden in Königsberg (In the hostel of the Aid Society of German Jews in Königsberg [Kaliningrad]), 1906, unknown photographer; source: Fünfter Geschäftsbericht des Hilfsvereins der Deutschen Juden [Fifth Business Report of the Aid Society of German Jews] (1906), Berlin 1907, p. 86.