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Patria Toll Reaches 131 As 13 More Bodies Are Found

January 2, 1941
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The known death toll in the sinking of the refugee ship Patria on Nov. 25 reached 131 today with the announcement that 13 more bodies had been recovered on Dec. 29.

Six of the bodies, all of refugees from Czechoslovakia, were identified. They were Ignatz Oydah, 18; Willi Adler, 28; Paul Levy, 33; Eric Goldberger, no age given; Walter Levin-Bayen, 34, and Walter Weiss, 34.

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