Item ID	14543
Title	Farewell party held for a group of refugees leaving for Palestine aboard the S.S. Nyassa, Lisbon.
Reference Code	NY_03553
Description	The farewell party held for a group of refugees leaving for Palestine aboard the S.S. Nyassa, Lisbon. In the middle is Dr. Joseph Schwartz of the JDC talking to unidentified man. S.S. Nyassa carried up to 700-800 passengers on many of the voyages. Usually, it plied between Lisbon, North Africa and the US, but it sailed to other lands as well when occasion warranted. In Jan. 1944, the JDC arranged for a special run to carry some 800 Jewish refugees from Portugal and Spain to Palestine. For this voyage the JDC paid $460,000, virtually the entire cost...
City / Town	Lisbon	similar items
Country	Portugal	similar items
Dates	01/23/1944
Decade	1940	similar items
Size	5 x 7
Format	Print

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