From Europe to Israel in the mid-fifties: DP camps and refugees

Immigration, Israel, Wexler Oral History Project, December 1949, Displaced Person Camp, France, Haim Gunner, Holocaust, Immigration/Migration, Israel, Marsailles, Refugees, transition camp

Haim describes the transition camps he encountered in Southern France in 1949 on his way to Israel. He was astonished at the differing backgrounds of the refugees, and describes the boat crossing to Israel.

 

 

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September 14, 2011