A Polish passport issued in Teheran to David Laor, a member of the Teheran children's transport.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 05792

Date: 1942 - 1943
Locale: Teheran, Iran
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Arrival -- Pre-war/Wartime -- Teheran Children -- In Palestine
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.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007498.
Keyword: ARTIFACTS
EMIGRES/EMIGRATION/AID (PREWAR/WARTIME)
IDENTIFICATION PAPERS
IMMIGRATION
IMMIGRATION (TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL)
JEWS (POLISH)
ORPHANS
PASSPORTS
REFUGEES (JEWISH)
TEHERAN CHILDREN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: David Laor
: Record last modified: 2004-07-16 00:00:00
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