Hadassah Bimko poses with other DPs on board the immigrant ship Champollion en route to Palestine.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 09817

Overview

Caption: Hadassah Bimko poses with other DPs on board the immigrant ship Champollion en route to Palestine.
Date: 1946 April 21
Locale: En Route To Palestine/Israel
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Hadassah Bimko Rosensaft
Event History: The immigrant ship Champollion sailed for Palestine from Marseilles on April 17, 1946 with nearly 1,000 passengers, including over 700 Jewish DP children.

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Hadassah Bimko Rosensaft

Keyword: CHILDREN (0-3 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH DPS (JEWISH) EMIGRES/EMIGRATION/AID (POSTWAR) GROUP PORTRAITS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION (TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL) ROSENSAFT, HADASSAH BIMKO SHIPS SHIPS (CHAMPOLLION) WOMEN
Photo Designation: JEWISH REFUGEES: IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Refugee Ships (1945-1949) -- Other Ships -- Champollion