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Taken from train on way to Italy in November 1948
Taken from train on way to Italy in November 1948

Taken from train on way to Italy in November 1948

Date1948
Object numberANMS0287[040]
NamePhotograph
MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Alex Newman
DescriptionCzech migrant Alex Nypl obtained a visa to settle in Australia in October 1948 while at the displaced persons camp in Lugwigsburg, southern Germany. In November of that year he was sent by train with other migrants to Genoa in Italy. The train went via Austria for which he was given a transit visa. In Genoa he boarded the SS PROTEA which departed for Australia on the 16th of November 1948.