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300 Refugees Arrive in Spain En Route to Paiestine; Will Sail Next Week

August 27, 1945
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Approximately 300 refugees have arrived here from Switzerland on route to Palestine. They will leave for Palestine aboard the S.S. Lima on Sept. 3.

The Lima, which has been chartered by the Joint Distribution Committee, will leave Lisbon tomorrow, It will also call at Algeria to pick up an additional 50 Jews holding Palestine immigration certificates. The 300 from Switzerland were all formerly interned in concentration camps by the Nazis.

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