Identification document certifying the professional affiliation of Boris Bogen, JDC's representative in Poland

When American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) representative Boris Bogen initially visited Poland in early 1919, he encountered Jews in the direst of circumstances: homeless, starving, in fear for their lives. Hoping to bring them succor, a special JDC commission followed on his heels with an overseas visit, fanning out into different regions and provinces of Poland. On Dr. Bogen's recommendation, JDC mobilized a volunteer cadre of American Jewish professionals compelled by a powerful sense of responsibility to their brethren. In January 1920, JDC's Overseas Unit Number 1 left to join Bogen in Warsaw in order to conduct a massive relief effort across Eastern Europe