![Polish Jewish refugee children known as the "Tehran Children" gather at a memorial stone dedicated to the Jewish refugees who died ... [LCID: 88540]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/71379893-7e05-4193-8a71-cdc2c1722be8.jpg)
Polish Jewish refugee children known as the "Tehran Children" gather at a memorial stone dedicated to the Jewish refugees who died when the Patria (a ship bound for Palestine) sank in November 1940. Atlit, Palestine, 1943.
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