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Jews seeking emigration visas line up in front of the Polish consulate in Vienna. [LCID: 00227]
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Emigration

Emigration is the act of leaving one’s own country for another. Explore more content related to emigration during the Holocaust (1933–1945) and after. 

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An agricultural training farm to prepare Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 30142]
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Agricultural training before emigration to Palestine
Alisa (Lisa) Nussbaum Derman [LCID: lda0699f]
Oral History
Alisa (Lisa) Nussbaum Derman describes postwar emigration with the Brihah movement
Aron in Budapest, 1945, while en route from Poland to Italy with Brihah, moving to Palestine. [LCID: derm1]
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Aron in Budapest, 1945
German Jews try to emigrate to Palestine; long lines in front of the Palestine and Orient Travel Agency. [LCID: 82588]
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Becoming Refugees: German Jews Prepare to Emigrate from Nazi Germany
Jewish refugees board the SS Mouzinho for the voyage to the United States. [LCID: 06526]
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Boarding the SS Mouzinho
Polish Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), arrive in Vienna. [LCID: 88783]
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Brihah
Claude Brunswic [LCID: 2154]
ID Card
Claude Brunswic
Identification card issued to Oskar Russ in the Feldafing displaced persons' camp.
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Displaced Persons
Delegates to the Evian Conference, where the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany was discussed. [LCID: 47173]
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Emigration and the Evian Conference
German Jews at a port, emigrating from Germany. Place uncertain, between 1935 and 1939. [LCID: 66980]
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Escape from German-Occupied Europe
Postcard showing Evian-les-Bains at the time of the 1938 International Conference on Refugees. [LCID: 62907]
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Evian-les-Bains
Media Essay
Flight and Rescue: Journey to Japan Personal Stories
Media Essay
Flight and Rescue: Search for New Havens Oral History Excerpts
German Jews, seeking to emigrate, wait in the office of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Relief Organization of German Jews). [LCID: 66970]
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German Jewish Refugees, 1933–1939
Media Essay
German Jewish Refugees, 1933–1939 - Photograph
German Jews try to emigrate to Palestine; long lines in front of the Palestine and Orient Travel Agency. [LCID: 82588]
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German Jews hoping to emigrate to Palestine

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