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Lot 604

"Exodus" – Collection of Photographs

16 Photographs describing the Exodus ship illegal Emigrants. Eretz Israel and Germany, July-September 1947.
The arrival of "Exodus" in Haifa on July 18th; the arrival of a deportation-ship in a harbor in Germany; photographs of the refugees and the deck, a photograph of the Emden winter-camp secretariat with the British colonel in charge of the camp. From the collection of Simcha Wilner, of the "Exodus" Emigrants. Only two photographs were developed from the original negative, the others are later prints. Average size 11X8 cm. Good condition. One photograph fair condition.