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Item ID | 14543 | |||
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Title | Farewell party held for a group of refugees leaving for Palestine aboard the S.S. Nyassa, Lisbon. | |||
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Reference Code | NY_03553 | |||
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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... | |||
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City / Town | Lisbon |  |
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Country | Portugal | |
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Dates | 01/23/1944 | |||
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Decade | 1940 | |
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Size | 5 x 7 | |||
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