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5 Lifeboats, Towed by Sailing Ship, Bring 364 Exiles to Tel Aviv

September 18, 1939
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A group of 364 Jewish refugees from Poland and Czecho-Slovakia were under detention today following their arrival at the port of Tel Aviv yesterday. They are being held pending a Government decision as to their disposition. The refugees arrived in five lifeboats towed by a sailing vessel. They were reported to have been transferred from a steamer off shore.

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