Columbians Caring For Displaced Child
Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
The Welles family of Columbia fostered Ruth Kamaryth, a young survivor of Theresienstadt. The place she went to live, Lingfield Colony, was a therapeutic foster home for young concentration camp survivors. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum features a digital archive of art, images, and correspondence about Ruth and the other children who lived there. ; “Columbians Caring For Displaced Child,” Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO), March 24, 1947, page 5, column 5, digital image, Newspapers.com {https://www.newspapers.com/image/934591246/: accessed {Feb 4, 2026}. Originals at the State Historical Society of Missouri)
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March 24 1947, Date createdFormat
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United States, Missouri - Boone, ColumbiaSource
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CC BY-NC-ND; “Columbians Caring For Displaced Child,” Columbia Missourian (Columbia, MO), March 24, 1947, page 5, column 5, digital image, Newspapers.com {https://www.newspapers.com/image/934591246/: accessed {Feb 4, 2026}. Originals at the State Historical Society of Missouri)
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Columbians Caring For Displaced Child: AATH18. Archives of the Daniel Boone Regional Library. 15 Sep 2026.Copyright Information
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