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First Group of Displaced Jewish Immigrants Arrives in New York from Italy

September 13, 1949
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Several hundred Jewish displaced persons arrived here late yesterday aboard the S.S. General Ballou for permanent settlement in the United States under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. The DP’s included the first contingent of Jewish refugees to reach this country from Italy.

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