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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Parents on S.S. Jerusalem

Date: 1953
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (right), Max Hafner (left), and Martha Hafner (center) on S.S. Jerusalem en route to the United States.
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Louis Koplin and Friends Working for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Date: 1946
Description: Louis Koplin (far left, in front of truck) and friends. All the men are wearing uniforms of workers for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; M...
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Polish Refugees on Train

Date: 1946
Description: Train full of Polish refugees. Photograph taken by Louis Koplin during the time he worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; near the Ge...
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Staff Working in the Joint Distribution Committee's Emigration Office

Date: 1950
Description: Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany.
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Refugees Demonstrate for Israeli Statehood

Date: 1947
Description: Refugees demonstrate for Israeli statehood at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the H...
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Self-Portrait of Walter Peltz with Group of Holocaust Survivors

Date: 1946
Description: A self-portrait by Walter Wolf Peltz (foreground) at a party with a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors who called themselves "The Club"; Germany.
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Magda Herzberger Running in Marathon

Date: 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger running on a sidewalk in a Dubuque marathon.
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Magda Herzberger with Plaque

Date: 11 06 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger stands in front of a map of the United States holding a wooden plaque carved with a Star of David and the inscription, "In Gratitude to Ma...

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