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Ugo Carusi, Chairman of the Displaced Persons Commission, delivers a speech at the port of Bremerhaven before the departure of the General Black for New York.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 81879
Ugo Carusi, Chairman of the Displaced Persons Commission, delivers a speech at the port of Bremerhaven before the departure of the General Black for New York.

Ugo Carusi, Chairman of the Displaced Persons Commission, delivers a speech at the port of Bremerhaven before the departure of the General Black for New York.

Date
October 1948
Locale
Bremerhaven, [Bremen] Germany
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Bricha/Emigration -- Leaving for North and South America/Australia/Great Britain -- From Germany -- General Black
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

About This Photograph

Event History
The USS General Black, dubbed the "Ship to Freedom" by its passengers, brought 813 European DPs from eleven nations to the United States under the provisions of the newly enacted Displaced Persons' Act. These were the first DPs allowed to enter the U.S. under the new quota. The ship's departure from Bremerhaven was marked by speeches by U.S. military and civilian leaders and by an army band concert.

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Photo Source
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public Domain
Source Record ID: 111-SC-310867 (Album 5295)
 
Record last modified: 2012-01-29 00:00:00
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