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Bremen Emigrant Area

Date: 1947
Description: The entrance of the area of emigration for refugees from Europe, taken by Louis Koplin; Bremen, Germany.
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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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Children in Cart at Farenwald Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel's son, Ksiel (top row, left), and friends; Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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General Eisenhower Touring a Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 1946
Description: Saul Sorrin leading General Dwight D. Eisenhower on a tour of the Neu Friemann Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of t...
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Cuban Family on Porch Steps

Date: 07 04 1980
Description: Cuban Family sitting on porch steps with sign on door that says: "Independence 4 of July USA." Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refu...
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Postwar Berlin

Date: 1946
Description: Men pulling a cart. It was, he wrote, the way "people move their stuff." Although undated, it was taken before June, 1946 when he returned to the United ...
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Refugees after Tet

Date: 1968
Description: Refugees at a Red Cross aid station in Hue shortly after the Tet offensive left much of the city in ruins. This scene was witnessed by American journalist ...
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in the Zoological Gardens.
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East Prussian Refugees in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: East Prussian refugees, who are in Berlin to be inducted in the military, receive free meals daily courtesy of a well-known restaurant (Weinstuben Haus Tra...
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Belgian Refugee Camp in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Refugee camp in Holland near Bergen op Zoom.
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...
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Belgian Refugees Leaving Messages on Signboards

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees using every wall space to write messages and addresses in order to inform their relatives of their location.
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Belgian Refugees in Bergen op Zoom, Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Distribution of assignments for sleeping quarters to Belgian refugees in Bergen op Zoom, Holland. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of...
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugee children posing together for the camera on the sidewalk.

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