More than 2,000 Jewish displaced persons Left Italy for Israel in the first half of January, it was reported today. The immigrants — who come from Egypt, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Poland, Iran and Czechoslovakia–sailed from Bari, Venice and Brindisi.
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