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Jewish immigrants to Costa Rica dedicate the start of construction of a new synagogue.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 42568

Jewish immigrants to Costa Rica dedicate the start of construction of a new synagogue.

Overview

Caption: Jewish immigrants to Costa Rica dedicate the start of construction of a new synagogue.
Date: Circa 1954
Locale: Costa Rica
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Freida Kierszensow

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Freida Kierszensow

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CONSTRUCTION EMIGRES/EMIGRATION/AID (POSTWAR) IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION (TO LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN) JEWS (RELIGIOUS) SYNAGOGUES/CHAPELS
Photo Designation: JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- South/Central America

Record last modified:: 2014-08-19 00:00:00
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