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First Air Transport of Jewish Dp’s Leaves Gurley for the United States

April 28, 1949
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The first air transport of United States-bound displaced persons left Munich today aboard a Seaboard and Western Airlines piano, carrying 55 hardship cases, including 43 Jewish women and children. Officials of the international Refugee Organization announced that arrangements have now been made for cent-weekly charter flights.

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