Object ID
2022.1.4
Object Name
Photograph
Date
1-1-1949
Files
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Description
Black and white photograph with focal point being nurse and woman exchanging a baby in blankets. Men are wearing “MC'' armbands.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
Holocaust survivors preparing to leave one of the detention camps on the island of Cyprus seven months after Israel declared statehood. They would be part of the final evacuation of internees, since the British mandate had ended on February 14, 1947. Israel began to bring the internees home in December 1948. The last internees were evacuated during January and February 1949.
Dimensions
5 1/8 x 7 1/4"
Keywords
Cyprus, DP Camp, Displaced Person
Subcollection
Post
Recommended Citation
"Press Photo: Preparing to Leave Famagusta, Cyprus For Israel" (1949). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2022.1.4.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1851
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