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Exodus 1947 - Photograph
British soldiers forcibly removed these Jewish children from the ship Exodus 1947
Jewish children, forcibly removed by British soldiers from the ship Exodus 1947, stand behind a barbed-wire fence. Photograph taken by Henry Ries. Poppendorf displaced persons camp, Germany, September 1947.
Item ViewProtesting Britain's decision to return the passengers of the Exodus 1947 to Germany
Jewish displaced persons protest Britain's decision to send back to Germany the Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947. Photograph taken by Henry Ries. Hohne-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany, September 1947.
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An exhausted Jewish woman from the Exodus 1947 refugee ship is given a drink as British soldiers stand nearby. The British forcibly returned the passengers to Europe. Haifa, Palestine, July 19, 1947.
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British soldiers supervise the transfer of refugees from the Exodus 1947 to deportation ships which will take them to France. Haifa, Palestine, July 20, 1947.
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A British soldier removes refugees, wounded resisting the British, from the ship Exodus 1947. Haifa, Palestine, July 20, 1947.
Item ViewRefugees, previously passengers on the ship "Exodus 1947," crowded on a British deportation ship.
Refugees, previously passengers on the ship "Exodus 1947," crowded on a British deportation ship. Port-de-Bouc harbor, France, July 28, 1947.
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