Identification tag issued by the American Friends Service Committee [LCID: 2006nprb]
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Identification tag issued by the American Friends Service Committee

Identification tag issued to Liesel Weil by the American Friends Service Committee for her voyage to the United States on board the Mouzinho. More than 100 children sailed to New York aboard the Mouzinho, a Portuguese liner. The transport was sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, and representatives of several Jewish organizations met the children in New York. Marseilles, France, 1941.

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rescue Quakers United States France children Marseilles
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Liesel Weil Appel
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