Jewish DPs wait on a street in Paris to board a convoy of buses that will transport them to Marseilles, on the first leg of their journey to new homes in South America and Australia.
Overview
- Caption
- Jewish DPs wait on a street in Paris to board a convoy of buses that will transport them to Marseilles, on the first leg of their journey to new homes in South America and Australia.
- Date
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1947 July 24
- Locale
- Paris, [Seine] France
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
- Event History
- On July 24, 1947, 250 Jewish DPs left the shelter of the American Joint Distribution Committee located on the rue Dumont d'Urville in Paris, in a convoy of ten buses. They were transported to the port of Marseilles, where they boarded ships bound for South America and Australia.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005462. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005367.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public DomainSource Record ID: 306-NT-648-E
Keywords & Subjects
- Record last modified:
- 2005-10-12 00:00:00
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