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Cyla Tine Stundel and Son, Ksiel

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel and son, Ksiel; Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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Refugees on their Way to the United States

Date: 1947
Description: Refugees on their way to Bremerhaven, Germany to sail to the United States. The man in the center is Max Neumann, director of HIAS in Germany. On the left ...
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Weinschenker Family in a Train Car

Date: 1947
Description: The Weinschenker family poses for a portrait in a train car. From left to right are an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, Frieda Weinschenker (sittin...
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Latvian Refugees

Date: 08 01 1949
Description: Four Latvian refugee children sitting on the steps of their host family, the Allan Dicksons, 5435 Egan Court. In the front row, left to right, are Gundar ...
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Matiss Briedis Family

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: The Matiss Briedis family, from Latvia, with some of the Madison men and women who have found them a new home in Madison. Seated are Matiss, 42, former Lat...
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Hungarians Crossing into Austria

Date: 11 28 1956
Description: Hungarian families crossing snowy grainfields into Austria near the village of Andau. They had walked at least ten miles over this terrain in near zero-deg...
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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Wagon Shelter for Belgian Refugee Family

Date: 1914
Description: A wagon is serving as an emergency shelter for a refugee family.

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