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Portrait of one of the Teheran children aboard a train from Suez to Athlit.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 05809
Portrait of one of the Teheran children aboard a train from Suez to Athlit.

Portrait of one of the Teheran children aboard a train from Suez to Athlit.

Date
1943
Locale
Athlit, Palestine/Israel
Variant Locale
Israel
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

About This Photograph

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
 
Record last modified: 1997-02-10 00:00:00
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