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Jewish refugees on the ship "Exodus 1947" at Haifa port. [LCID: 86035]
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Jewish refugees on the Exodus 1947 ship

British police stand among Jewish refugees on the decks of the refugee ship Exodus 1947 at Haifa port.  British forces returned the refugees to displaced persons camps in Germany, dramatizing the plight of Holocaust survivors attempting to enter Palestine. July 19, 1947.

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