Members of the Teheran children's transport participate in a tailoring workshop at the refugee camp in Teheran.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 18668

Overview

Caption: Members of the Teheran children's transport participate in a tailoring workshop at the refugee camp in Teheran.

Among those pictured are: David Laor (seated on the bench at the left) and Israel Goldstein (seated at the sewing machine).
Date: 1942
Locale: Teheran, Iran
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of David Laor
Event History: The Tehran Children were a group of about one thousand Jewish children who had fled eastward from Poland with their families at the outbreak of World War II. Many of them had lost their parents during their flight. These orphans were allowed to emigrate from the USSR along with 23,000 Polish soldiers and refugees, under an agreement signed by the Polish Government-in-exile and the Soviet government allowing for the enlistment of Polish refugees in the Soviet Union in the (Polish) Anders Army. In the spring and summer of 1942, the children were taken to Tehran along with the other refugees and soldiers. After immigration permits were obtained from the British, the children were brought to Palestine via Karachi and Suez on February 18, 1943.

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Laor

Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH INTERIORS JEWS (POLISH) ORPHANS REFUGEE CAMPS/CENTERS SEWING/KNITTING TEHERAN CHILDREN WORKSHOPS YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Arrival -- Pre-war/Wartime -- Teheran Children -- In Iran/En Route