![Arrival of Jewish refugees from Germany. The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) helped Jews leave Germany after the Nazi rise to ... [LCID: 86403]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d2f9b62f-9751-466c-9927-754fbac4c1e7.jpeg "Arrival of Jewish refugees from Germany. The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) helped Jews leave Germany after the Nazi rise to ... [LCID: 86403]")
Arrival of Jewish refugees from Germany. The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) helped Jews leave Germany after the Nazi rise to power. France, 1936.
Item View![The "St. Louis," carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, arrives in the port of Antwerp after Cuba and the United States denied ... [LCID: 81301]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e2a65d05-eb62-45f1-b806-47b7095aa477.jpg "The \"St. Louis,\" carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, arrives in the port of Antwerp after Cuba and the United States denied ... [LCID: 81301]")
The St. Louis, carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, arrives in the port of Antwerp after Cuba and the United States denied it landing. Belgium, June 17, 1939.
Item View![An American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) clothing supply center for refugees. [LCID: 22560]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/73db92b7-d500-40fe-8394-b01325a4e838.jpg "An American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) clothing supply center for refugees. [LCID: 22560]")
An American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) clothing supply center for refugees. Vilna, Lithuania, 1940.
Item View![Polish-Jewish refugees seeking to leave Europe arrive in Lisbon. [LCID: 06525]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/675371f3-6871-4ae6-bd81-e2e508478d8a.jpg "Polish-Jewish refugees seeking to leave Europe arrive in Lisbon. [LCID: 06525]")
Polish-Jewish refugees seeking to leave Europe arrive in Lisbon. Following the German invasion of France, Jewish and non-Jewish refugee assistance organizations relocated their headquarters to Lisbon, the only neutral European port from which refugees could depart to North and South America. Lisbon, Portugal, June 21-22, 1940.
Item View![Displaced persons stand on a train platform in the weeks after the end of World War II in Europe. [LCID: 48905]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/27f61fb9-6222-49fe-bb99-b108018ce7db.jpg "Displaced persons stand on a train platform in the weeks after the end of World War II in Europe. [LCID: 48905]")
Displaced persons stand on a train platform in the weeks after the end of World War II in Europe. Kolleda, Germany, June 1945.
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Sinaida Grussman was photographed in the Kloster Indersdorf children's center after the war. The picture was taken in an attempt to help locate surviving relatives. Such photographs of both Jewish and non-Jewish children were published in newspapers to facilitate the reunification of families. Germany, after May 1945.
Item View![Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. [LCID: 66385]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/302791a4-642d-47bb-b102-6f5efb334b9f.jpg "Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. [LCID: 66385]")
Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. Awaiting repatriation, these displaced persons were under United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration care. China, 1946.
Item View![Jewish refugees, forcibly removed by British soldiers from the ship "Exodus 1947," arrive at Poppendorf displaced persons camp. [LCID: 37193b]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/71664532-a4f0-4ba6-a0cf-27be75b93205.jpg "Jewish refugees, forcibly removed by British soldiers from the ship \"Exodus 1947,\" arrive at Poppendorf displaced persons camp. [LCID: 37193b]")
Jewish refugees, forcibly removed by British soldiers from the ship Exodus 1947, arrive at Poppendorf displaced persons camp. Photograph taken by Henry Ries. Germany, September 8, 1947.
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Displaced persons wait next to their suitcases and bundles, place uncertain, ca. 1947.
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