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Colored photograph of people waiting with their belongings in what appears to be a forest. In the center, two people sit on large sacks in a large pile of their possessions. People gather in the background, talking with each other in small groups.
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Displaced persons wait

Displaced persons wait next to their suitcases and bundles, place uncertain, ca. 1947.

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displaced persons aftermath of the Holocaust
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert L. Kaplan

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