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How my father escaped from Nazi-occupied Poland, and how I retraced his path through Russia, Uzbekistan, and Iran.

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Historic Newsreel: Tehran Children arrive at Atlit, 1943

– Jerusalem Cinematheque / State Archives, the Nathan Axelrod Newsreel Collection

 


Below are some scanned documents from my research so far

Obituary for Uri Gefen, a former Tehran Child.  It begins with a quote from a 1943 poem composed in honor of the Tehran Children by Hebrew poet laureate Nathan Alterman: "Even after they grow old in years and age... Still they'll be called Tehran Children
Obituary for Uri Gefen, a former Tehran Child. It begins with a quote from a 1943 poem composed in honor of the Tehran Children by Hebrew poet laureate Nathan Alterman: "Even after they grow old in years and age... Still they'll be called Tehran Children
1938 the family
1938 the family
saturday ostrov with cousins
saturday ostrov with cousins
hanan with cousins 1937
hanan with cousins 1937
Zindel
Zindel
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IMG_0557

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