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Members of the US Olympic team disembark from the SS "Manhattan" in Hamburg. [LCID: 81616]
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Hamburg

Hamburg is a port city in Germany. Before and after World War II, many boats with Jews and other refugees sailed out of Hamburg, most notably the St. Louis (in 1939) and the Exodus 1947. Explore more content related to Hamburg during and after the Holocaust (1933–1945).

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Adolf Hitler salutes a crowd lining the streets of Hamburg
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Adolf Hitler salutes a crowd lining the streets of Hamburg
Five prisoners wearing striped uniforms carry a corpse out of a bombed building on a fabric stretcher. There are piles of rubble everywhere.
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Aftermath of Allied bombings of Hamburg
British soldiers remove Jews, passengers of the "Exodus 1947" who were forcibly returned from Palestine, upon their arrival in Hamburg. [LCID: 88273]
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British soldiers remove Exodus 1947 passengers upon arrival in Hamburg
Cuban immigration papers issued to Ella Schatz, a passenger on board the Orinoco, en route to Cuba. [LCID: 62540]
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Cuban immigration papers
Else Rosenberg [LCID: 2735]
ID Card
Else Rosenberg
A schoolroom full of children with light skin tones read from books at their desks. An adult or older child stands in the back of the classroom helping one of the children.
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A classroom in a public school in Hamburg
Germany 1933, Hamburg indicated [LCID: ham79020]
Map
Germany 1933, Hamburg indicated
Tan flyer with typed German text in black ink. A bright red square tag can be found in the bottom right corner with typed text.
Artifact
Hotel Reichshof flyer
Johanna Gerechter Neumann [LCID: jnk0631f]
Oral History
Johanna Gerechter Neumann describes Kristallnacht in Hamburg
Media Essay
Return to Europe of the St. Louis - Photograph
Illustrated color postcard of a large passenger liner. There is text at the bottom of the postcard.
Timeline Event
St. Louis Sets Sail
A passenger liner waits in port, surrounded by smaller boats.
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The St. Louis in the port of Hamburg
Refugees aboard the "St. Louis" wait to hear whether Cuba will grant them entry. [LCID: 44112]
Article
Voyage of the St. Louis
Media Essay
Voyage of the St. Louis - Photograph

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