Category:SS Palestine May44 (subject)

SS Palestine (May 1944)

• Holocaust Refugee Children, Italy -- Ferramonti -- SS Palestine (July 1944) -- Fort Ontario

Overview

In 1944 the Italian government authorized two transports to Palestine, one in May 1944, the other in July 1944. The transports were made mostly of former internees from Ferramonti or other camps who had been liberated in Southern and Central Italy.

In the same period, in July 1944, around 1000 Jewish refugees chose to go from Naples to the United States (Fort Ontario).

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