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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
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IMG_0557
saturday ostrov with cousins
saturday ostrov with cousins
hanan with cousins 1937
hanan with cousins 1937
Zindel
Zindel

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