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Cyla Tine Stundel and Son, Ksiel

Date: 1948
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel and her son, Ksiel, at Farenwald Displaced Persons camp, Germany.
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Weinschenker Family in a Train Car

Date: 1947
Description: The Weinschenker family poses for a portrait in a train car. From left to right are an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, Frieda Weinschenker (sittin...
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Refugees Stand Near Baby Carriages at a Displaced Persons Camp

Date: 1947
Description: A group of unidentified refugees are standing near baby carriages at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany.
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Latvian Refugees

Date: 08 01 1949
Description: Four Latvian refugee children sitting on the steps of their host family, the Allan Dicksons, 5435 Egan Court. In the front row, left to right, are Gundar ...
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Matiss Briedis Family

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: The Matiss Briedis family, from Latvia, with some of the Madison men and women who have found them a new home in Madison. Seated are Matiss, 42, former Lat...
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German Refugees

Date: 1945
Description: Refugees traveling by boxcar. Although the location is unidentified it was probably taken by Sigurd Olson in or near Berlin either late in 1945 or early i...
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Refugees Scavenging

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Description: Snapshot taken by Sigurd Olson of refugees scavenging in military trash bins. Although the location is not identified, it is probably in or near Berlin.
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Displaced Persons

Date: 1945
Description: Foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf saying goodbye to Czechoslovakian children after interviewing them about their relief needs.
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Hungarian Refugee

Date: 02 23 1957
Description: Lasslo (Larry) Csukardy, a Hungarian refugee, receives the first Valentines of his life from Mrs. Don Andree, on the left, and Mary Natvig, a teacher at Se...
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Three Young Women on an Outing

Date: 1910
Description: Three smiling women stand beside a horse-drawn carriage near Two Rivers. The horses are wearing knotted, corded fly nets and blinders. The carriage has a c...
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in Berlin. Arrival station for refugees in Weissensee.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in Berlin. Arrival station for refugees in Weissensee.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in Berlin. On the way to the Dom (cathedral).
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in Berlin. On the way to the Dom (cathedral).
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in front of the Dom (cathedral) in Berlin.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in front of the Dom (cathedral) in Berlin.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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Ortelsburg in East Prussia

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Description: Landrat (local official) distributing gutscheine (food coupons) to the poor.
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Serbian Refugees

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Description: Serbian refugees walking next to soldiers and wagons filled with supplies headed for the front.
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Serbian Refugees

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Description: Serbian refugees walking through the streets, with livestock and wagons.

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