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  • A group of Tunisian schoolgirls

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    A group of Tunisian schoolgirls wearing aprons. Nadia Cohen is in the first row, third from the left. Tunis, Tunisia, ca. 1930-1935. Nadia Cohen was born on January 17, 1924, in Tunis. Nadia's parents came from Orthodox households, but her father left the yeshiva at the age of seven to study Italian, Arabic, and accounting in a French school. In 1938, Nadia was sent to a boarding school in France. She returned home for a visit in the summer of 1939 but could not return to school that fall due to the…

    A group of Tunisian schoolgirls
  • Prewar photograph of Terese Cohen with her two children

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    Terese Cohen, a Tunisian Jewish women, poses with her two children, Nadia and Marcel. Immediately after the Allied landings in Algeria and Morocco, the Germans occupied Tunisia. After the occupation, an SS officer came to the Cohen's house and confiscated everything leaving only the table and chairs for the Germans to use. They gave the family 24 hours to pack and leave and then expropriated the home to use as a barracks for soldiers.

    Prewar photograph of Terese Cohen with her two children
  • Forced labor in Tunisia

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    As a German soldier looks on, Tunisian Jews are forced to sweep the street and move a wooden crate on a hand cart. Tunisia, 1942-43. Photograph courtesy of Bundesarchiv, German Federal Archives

    Forced labor in Tunisia
  • Forced labor in Im Fout labor camp

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    Sami Dorra working at dam construction in the Im Fout labor camp. The camp was approximately 59 miles southwest of Casablanca, and housed a group of foreign workers. Im Fout, Morocco, 1941-42. 

    Tags: North Africa
    Forced labor in Im Fout labor camp
  • Im Fout labor camp

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    An unidentified worker walks by the railroad tracks at the Im Fout labor camp in Morocco. Living conditions were harsh in the camp, and many of the workers fell ill with typhus. Im Fout, Morocco, 1941-42. 

    Tags: North Africa
    Im Fout labor camp
  • Construction of a dam near the Im Fout labor camp

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    View of the dam being built by forced laborers from the Im Fout labor camp in Morocco. Photograph taken 1941-42. 

    Tags: North Africa
    Construction of a dam near the Im Fout labor camp
  • A German Jewish prisoner at forced labor in the Im Fout camp

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    A German Jewish prisoner named Rosenthal pushes a cart in the stone quarry of the Im Fout labor camp in Morocco. The camp housed a group of foreign workers, many of whom fell ill because of poor living conditions. Im Fout, Morocco, 1941-42. 

    Tags: North Africa
    A German Jewish prisoner at forced labor in the Im Fout camp
  • Two prisoners in the Im Fout labor camp

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    Close-up portrait of two prisoners in the Im Fout labor camp in Morocco. The camp was approximately 59 miles southwest of Casablanca, and housed a group of foreign workers. Many of the prisoners fell ill because of poor living conditions in the camp. Im Fout, Morocco, 1941-42.

    Tags: North Africa
    Two prisoners in the Im Fout labor camp
  • Jewish children study in a Hebrew school in Casablanca

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    This photo was taken during the journey of Bluma (Kleinhandler) and Zygmunt Godzinski from Poland to Argentina. Casablanca, Morocco, 1946. 

    Tags: North Africa
    Jewish children study in a Hebrew school in Casablanca
  • Street scene in Morocco

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    Street scene in Morocco, Casablanca, 1941-42. 

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    Street scene in Morocco

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