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A body is carried from a rice paddy in the Ganges River delta of East Pakistan

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-2153
Item
1970

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Used in CM 19-1-1. Caption: A body is carried from a rice paddy in the Ganges River delta of East Pakistan. Thousands perished in the cyclon-tidal wave which swept the area in Nov. 1970, the worst disaster of the 20th century. This photograph is possibly related to Mennonite Central Committee work in East Pakistan.

Unknown

Clean water for refugees - E. Pakistan

CA CMBS NP072-02-51
Item
August 1971

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This photo is of refugees getting water from a pump in East Pakistan. The description on the back says, "There is water everywhere as it rains every day. But clean water is available only from the pumps put in by the Indian government for the refugees."

Kniss, Paul George, 1925-2019

East Pakistani refugee students

CA CMBS NP149-1-5334
Item
1971

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of East Pakistani refugee children in a refugee camp in India [a camp assisted by MCC?].

Wieler, John Erich, 1930-

Eating together

CA CMBS NP149-1-5331
Item
1971

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of a East Pakistani refugee family eating together in a temporary shelter in India.

Kniss, Paul George, 1925-2019

MCC Small Collections

US MCC US IX-04
Series
1937-present

Various subjects and time periods

Mennonite Central Committee (Akron, Pennsylvania)

Medical volunteer in India

CA CMBS NP149-1-5333
Item
July 1971

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of MCC medical volunteer John Wieler visiting with refugees from East Pakistan at a refugee camp in India. Standing to the right of Wieler is a young boy with a gunshot wound in his foot.

Paul Kniss

CA CMBS NP072-02-57
Item
August 1971

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This photo is of missionary Paul Kniss inspecting locally made rubberized jute canvases in East Pakistan. These canvases provided shelter for thousands of people.

Kniss, Paul George, 1925-2019

Powdered milk - East Pakistan

CA CMBS NP072-03-04
Item
August 1971

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This photo is of a worker mixing powdered milk. Children, with containers, are waiting for this powdered milk given by MCC.

Kniss, Paul George, 1925-2019

Refugee camp near Calcutta

CA CMBS NP149-1-5330
Item
1971

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of a refugee camp near Calcutta where nearly half a million refugees from East Pakistan sought shelter. The picture shows refugees lining up at the water pumps [MCC assisted the refugees?].

Kniss, Paul George, 1925-2019

Refugee Crises in East Pakistan and India: A Statement by MCC