Item ID	16835
Title	View of the 250 acre refugee camp in Jamaica.
Reference Code	NY_05889
Description	View of the camp facilities. In 1941, the Polish Government in Exile requested that the JDC paid for the transportation and guaranteed the maintenance of 200 Polish Jewish men, women and children, who were in Portugal, and sent them to Jamaica. The refugee camp in Jamaica was spread over 250 acres, and was estalblished by the British Government to care for several thousand evacuees from Gibraltar.
City / Town	Kingston	similar items
Country	Jamaica	similar items
Dates	1942
Decade	1940	similar items
Selected Search Code	Terra	similar items
Size	7 1/4 x 9 1/2
Format	Print

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