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Item ID | 14633 | |||
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Title | Dockside scene of refugees boarding the S.S. Nyassa. A controller standing at the beginning of the stairs is checking tickets. | |||
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Reference Code | NY_03644 | |||
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Description | The 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 | 01/1944 | |||
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Decade | 1940 | |
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Selected Search Code | Terra | |
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Selected Search Code | Topics-Rescue | |
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Size | 3 x 4 | |||
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