CERAMIC SEDER PLATE Displaced Persons Camp, Germany, 1946.

This is one of the pieces manufactured in the workshops established to teach new skills to the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, in the refugee camps under the auspices of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Green glazed earthenware plate with indentations for six ritual foods, labeled in Hebrew, in center; raised rim bears depictions of slaves and taskmaster, and city in Egypt, as well as crest labeled “Joint - Bureau of Religion” in English and Hebrew, and in Hebrew: “This year in Jerusalem.” On back, stamp reading, in English: “Employment Board,” and in Hebrew, “Production of the Remnants of the Refugees in the Diaspora of Germany.” Diam: 260mm. Some wear.