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Poles wait in line to apply for American visas.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 81787
Poles wait in line to apply for American visas. The original caption reads: "Waiting to get into the consular office to apply for visas to get to America. Notice the makeshift building."

Poles wait in line to apply for American visas.

The original caption reads: "Waiting to get into the consular office to apply for visas to get to America. Notice the makeshift building."

Date
Circa 1945 - 1945
Locale
Warsaw, Poland ?
Variant Locale
Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Poland
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Antionette Powell

About This Photograph

Biography
Stephen Olesnevich was the father of the donor. He served as Vice Consul of the United States in Warsaw, Poland between between 1945 and 1946.

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Antionette Powell
Source Record ID: Collections: 2007.466
 
Record last modified: 2015-04-30 00:00:00
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