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Last Group of Patria Internees Will Be Released Next Week

October 21, 1941
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The last group of refugees from the S. S. Patria will be released from the internment camps at Athlit early next week, it was announced today.

At the same time the executive of the Vaad Leumi published a complete list of the 216 Patria victims. Of these, nine men, nine women, one young boy and one infant were never identified. An additional fourteen refugees died in the Athlit camp during the year of confinement.

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