Seventy-three Jewish refugees from Poland, Hungary and Rumania left Genoa today aboard the S.S. Campana en route to Brazil where they will join relatives. Their passage was arranged by the Joint Distribution Committee.
(From Paris it was reported today that 131 Jews, mostly DP’s, sailed from Bordeaux for South America aboard the S.S. Desiderade. Emigration arrangements for the group were made by the Joint Distribution Committee and the HIAS.)
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