Media Essay
Escape from German-Occupied Europe - Photograph
Poster in Hebrew for army recruitment and rescue efforts
A poster in Hebrew soliciting contributions from members of the Yishuv (the Jewish community of Palestine) for army recruitment and for efforts to rescue European Jewry. The Hebrew text reads "Give a hand in rescue, the Fund for Recruitment and Rescue." Palestine, July 22, 1943.
Item ViewSeeking protection on a Yugoslavia island
Jewish women and children from Yugoslavia arrive at the camp on Rab island. The Italians concentrated Jews on Rab, which protected them from the Germans. Rab, Yugoslavia, summer 1943.
Item ViewDanish rescue boat
A boat used by Danish fishermen to transport Jews to safety in Sweden during the German occupation. Denmark, date uncertain.
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Danish fishermen used this boat to carry Jews to safety in Sweden during the German occupation. Denmark, 1943 or 1944.
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Danish fishermen (foreground) ferry Jews across a narrow sound to safety in neutral Sweden during the German occupation of Denmark. Sweden, 1943.
Item ViewJewish refugee youth on an escape route from France to Switzerland
Jewish refugee youth, on an escape route from France to Switzerland, at a Children's Aid Society (OSE) girls' home. Couret, France, ca. 1942.
Item ViewJewish refugee youth at a Children's Aid Society home
Jewish refugee youth from French transit camps at the Children's Aid Society (OSE) home "Maison des Pupilles de la Nation." Some of the children are in flight, en route to Switzerland. Aspet, France, June-August 1942.
Item ViewJewish refugees in the port of Lisbon
Jewish refugees in Lisbon, including a group of children from internment camps in France, board a ship that will transport them to the United States. Lisbon, Portugal, June 1941.
Item ViewJewish refugee youth set sail from Italy to Palestine
Jewish refugee youth sail for Palestine from an Italian port on the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita." 1940.
Item ViewThe refugee ship Pentcho
This photograph shows the refugee ship Pentcho, carrying over 500 passengers bound for Palestine, sailing in the Aegean Sea. It had departed from Bratislava on May 18, 1940.
In October 1940, while the Pentcho was sailing in Italian territory, its boiler exploded. The passengers and crew were able to get ashore and offload their supplies before the ship finally sank. On October 18 and 19, Italian authorities picked up the refugees and took them to Rhodes. They stayed there for over a year in a hastily constructed camp in the soccer stadium of Rhodes. In January 1942, the refugees were transferred to the Ferramonti internment camp in southern Italy, where they remained until the Allies captured Italy.
Item ViewPolish Jews, who had escaped the Germans by fleeing to the Soviet Union, upon their return to Poland after World War II.
Polish Jews, who had escaped the Germans by fleeing to the Soviet Union, upon their return to Poland after World War II. Poland, 1946.
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