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Teenage boys look through the barbed wire fence in the Poppendorf displaced persons' camp after their forcible return to Europe.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 38748

Teenage boys look through the barbed wire fence in the Poppendorf displaced persons' camp after their forcible return to Europe.

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Caption: Teenage boys look through the barbed wire fence in the Poppendorf displaced persons' camp after their forcible return to Europe.
Date: Circa 1946 - 1948
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Nathan Baruch

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Nathan Baruch

Source Record ID: Collections: 2008.180

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Keyword: ALIYAH BET (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION) CHILDREN/YOUTH DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) EXODUS (RETURN TO EUROPE) EXODUS PASSENGER FENCES GROUP PORTRAITS POPPENDORF SHIPS (EXODUS) YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: JEWISH REFUGEES: IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Refugee Ships (1945-1949) -- Exodus -- Transfer to Germany -- Poppendorf/Amstau/Emden

Record last modified:: 2009-04-14 00:00:00
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