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Arrival of Polish Jewish displaced persons in Vienna. [LCID: 04659]
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Displaced persons

Displaced persons is a general term for people unable to return home after conflict, natural disasters, or other crises. After the Holocaust (1933-1945), hundreds of thousands of Jewish survivors and people from other ethnic or national groups were displaced from or unable to return to their prewar homes. Explore more content related to the plight of displaced persons after World War II. 

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A small child sits on top of two large duffel bags with several suitcases next to him. A crutch leans on the duffel bags. People glance while walking past them on the road.
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A child waiting to leave the Deggendorf displaced persons camp
A girl in the Kloster Indersdorf children's center who was photographed in an attempt to help locate surviving relatives. [LCID: 86765]
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A girl in the Kloster Indersdorf children's center
A Jewish child refugee who fled eastern Europe as part of the organized postwar flight of Jews (the Brihah), as an apprentice at ... [LCID: 30014]
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A Jewish child refugee who fled eastern Europe as part of the Brihah
A Jewish displaced person in front of the Cinecittà camp
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A Jewish displaced person in front of the Cinecittà camp
A Jewish New Year greeting card from Hela Brett, the donor's friend. [LCID: 34387]
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A Jewish New Year greeting card
Displaced persons protest the forced return to Germany of passengers from the refugee ship "Exodus 1947." [LCID: 37201b]
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A protest by displaced persons
Abraham Morgenstern at the Bari Transit Camp
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Abraham Morgenstern at the Bari Transit Camp
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Aftermath of the Holocaust (Abridged Article) - Historical Film Footage
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Aftermath of the Holocaust (Abridged Article) - Animated Map/Map
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Aftermath of the Holocaust (Abridged Article) - Photograph
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Aftermath of the Holocaust (Abridged Article) - Oral Histories
Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita," carrying 850 Jewish refugees, lands on a sandbank off the Tel Aviv coast. [LCID: 13000]
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Aliyah Bet
An American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) clothing supply center for refugees. [LCID: 22560]
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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Refugee Aid
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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and Refugee Aid - Photograph
Arrival of Polish Jewish displaced persons in Vienna. [LCID: 04659]
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Arrival of Polish Jewish displaced persons in Vienna
At a Soup Kitchen in the Cremona DP Camp
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At a Soup Kitchen in the Cremona DP Camp

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