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A map of the world showing 1933 international boundaries and highlighting Jewish emigration from Germany between 1933 and 1940 using white arrows. The water is turquoise, the land masses are off white, and the labels are yellow. The map shows the following: 90,000 from Germany to the United States of America; 60,000 to Palestine;15,000 -18,000 to Shanghai; 83,000 total to Central and South America including 2,900 to Cuba; 10,000 to Chile; 8,000 to Bolivia; 15,000 to Brazil; 25,000 to Argentina; and 21,100 to other Latin American countries. In the top right corner is a box featuring a zoomed-in view of Europe. The box shows the following movement: 30,000 Jews from Germany to the Netherlands; 30,000 to Belgium; 38,000 to France; 8,000 to Switzerland; and 48,000 to England and other countries. A box of text along the bottom of the map reads: In addition, tens of thousands of Jewish refugees emigrated to other regions of the world.
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An agricultural training farm to prepare Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee. [LCID: 30142]
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Agricultural training before emigration to Palestine
Alisa (Lisa) Nussbaum Derman [LCID: lda0699f]
Oral History
Alisa (Lisa) Nussbaum Derman describes postwar emigration with the Brihah movement
Aron in Budapest, 1945, while en route from Poland to Italy with Brihah, moving to Palestine. [LCID: derm1]
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Aron in Budapest, 1945
German Jews try to emigrate to Palestine; long lines in front of the Palestine and Orient Travel Agency. [LCID: 82588]
Article
Becoming Refugees: German Jews Prepare to Emigrate from Nazi Germany
Polish Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), arrive in Vienna. [LCID: 88783]
Article
Brihah
Claude Brunswic [LCID: 2154]
ID Card
Claude Brunswic
Identification card issued to Oskar Russ in the Feldafing displaced persons' camp.
Article
Displaced Persons
Period postcard of Evian-les-Bains, the site of the 1938 International Conference on Refugees.
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Emigration and the Evian Conference
Postcard showing Evian-les-Bains at the time of the 1938 International Conference on Refugees. [LCID: 62907]
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Evian-les-Bains
Media Essay
Flight and Rescue: Journey to Japan Personal Stories
Media Essay
Flight and Rescue: Search for New Havens Oral History Excerpts
German Jews, seeking to emigrate, wait in the office of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Relief Organization of German Jews). [LCID: 66970]
Article
German Jewish Refugees, 1933–1939
Media Essay
German Jewish Refugees, 1933–1939 - Photograph
German Jews try to emigrate to Palestine; long lines in front of the Palestine and Orient Travel Agency. [LCID: 82588]
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German Jews hoping to emigrate to Palestine
German Jews, seeking to emigrate, wait in the office of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Relief Organization of German Jews). [LCID: 66970]
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Hoping for a chance to emigrate
Inge Berg [LCID: 8051]
ID Card
Inge Berg

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