Jewish Refugees on SS Aorangi

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.91

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

1938

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Description

Front: An image of a young woman in a coat next to a chalkboard on the SS Aorangi. Information about the photo is typed underneath. Back: Title and date are stamped.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: AP wirephoto with explanation verso: "This sign at the gangplank of the SS Aorangi spelled a new home in Australia or New Zealand for this German-born Jewess. She was one of 150 refugees, mostly from Berlin and Vienna, enroute to a new home."

Dimensions

8 x 10 1/2"

Keywords

Refugee, S.S. Aorangi, Australia, New Zeland, Associated Press

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Jewish Refugees on SS Aorangi" (1938). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.91.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/24

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark.