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Jewish women and children who fled Poland as part of the Brihah, the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe, are sheltered ... [LCID: 36041] — Jewish women and children who fled Poland as part of the Brihah, the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe, are sheltered in a reception center. Nachod, Czechoslovakia, summer 1946.
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Polish Jewish children, part of Brihah—the flight from Europe—en route to the Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria. [LCID: 36059] — Polish Jewish children, part of Brihah—the flight from Europe—en route to the Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria. The children wait at a relief station in Prague. Czechoslovakia, 1946.
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Checking identity cards of Jews who fled eastern Europe after the war (as part of the Brihah), in preparation for the journey to ... [LCID: 37107b] — Checking identity cards of Jews who fled eastern Europe after the war (as part of the Brihah), in preparation for the journey to Palestine. Photograph taken by Henry Ries. Vienna, Austria, November 5-6, 1947.
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Jewish refugees, part of Brihah—the postwar flight of Jews—in line at a relief center. [LCID: 46451] — Jewish refugees, part of Brihah—the postwar flight of Jews—in line at a relief center. They are en route to the Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria. Nachod, Czechoslovakia, 1946.
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Jewish refugees who fled Poland as part of the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe (the Brihah) line the streets outside ... [LCID: 70034] — Jewish refugees from Poland wait for food and medical attention from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) outside a reception center in Nachod, Czechoslovakia, near the Polish border, 1946. These Jewish refugees were part of the postwar flight of Jews from eastern Europe to Allied occupied zones in western Europe and, eventually, to British Mandate Palestine via the Brihah movement.
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Polish Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), arrive in Vienna. [LCID: 88783] — Polish Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), arrive in Vienna. Austria, summer 1946.
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Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), in a crowded boxcar on the way to a displaced ... [LCID: 80915] — Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), in a crowded boxcar on the way to a displaced persons camp in the American occupation zone. Germany, 1945 or 1946.
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Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah movement (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), sleep on a crowded floor on the ... [LCID: 80973] — Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah movement (the postwar westward mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), sleep on a crowded floor on the way to displaced persons camps in the American occupation zone. Seltz, Germany, 1947.
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