Item ID	17864
Title	A refugee father and his infant son en route to Palestine on the S.S. Nyassa wave goodbye to friends on the pier at Lisbon.
Reference Code	NY_06957
Description	SS 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 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	01/1944
Decade	1940	similar items
Selected Search Code	Terra	similar items
Selected Search Code	CH-Rescue	similar items
Size	5 x 7
Format	Print

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