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Jewish DPs who are scheduled to depart for the U.S. aboard the Marine Flasher, pose in front of a train in Bremen.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 23416
Jewish DPs who are scheduled to depart for the U.S. aboard the Marine Flasher, pose in front of a train in Bremen.

Jewish DPs who are scheduled to depart for the U.S. aboard the Marine Flasher, pose in front of a train in Bremen.

Date
May 1946
Locale
Bremen, [Hannover] Germany
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Bricha/Emigration -- Leaving for North and South America/Australia/Great Britain -- From Germany -- Marine Flasher
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Selig Goldberg

About This Photograph

Event History
In May 1946, the Marine Flasher transported 867 European DPs to the U.S., the first contingent to be admitted under President Truman's December 1945 directive expediting the immigration of displaced persons to the U.S. 450 of these new immigrants were assisted by the American Joint Distribution Committee.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Selig Goldberg
Source Record ID: HIAS stamp
 
Record last modified: 2004-11-16 00:00:00
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