Views of men, women, and children aboard the steamship "SS "Marine Flasher" docked at a pier in New York harbor after a voyage from Bremen, Germany. Her passengers include many refugees and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. Many benefited from U.S. Presidential Directive No. 29, issued on December 22, 1945, giving preference to Displaced Persons in obtaining visas. A woman with her child smiles. A boy waves at friends and relatives on shore. A young brother and sister in the ship. An older and younger woman, likely mother and daughter, show the prisoner number tattooed by Nazis on their arms. The tattoos are sequentially numbered, A-26587 and A-26588. Reuniting people hold each other with warmth and weep. A family of 7 children spanning a range of ages, with no parents evident. (Note: this is the Weber family ranging in age from 4-18. In order of age from oldest to youngest they are Alfons, Senta, Ruth, Gertrude, Renee, Judith, and Virginia (Ginger) nee Bela. The family settled in Chicago. All married and had 24 children and now numerous grandchildren. The children and grandchildren live in across the U.S. in Chicago, Maryland, Texas, Alabama, California, Virginia, Minnesota and in London, England. This Information provided in 2014, by Lynn Chapman daughter of Gertrude.) (World War II period).
Japanese men and women walk out of Japanese Registration Control Station building at San Francisco. Japanese people at the office interviewed by social workers, who fill details of them on paper records. Receptionist and other workers of the office busy at work.
Japanese men and women walk in to Japanese Registration Control Station building at San Francisco. Japanese people at the office interviewed by social workers. A woman worker talks to a Japanese woman. Japanese woman smiles. Medic checks an old Japanese woman escorted by a young woman. A Japanese man appears before the worker woman and she talks to him.
Japanese men and women walk in to Japanese Registration Control Station building at San Francisco. Japanese people at the office interviewed by social workers. An old Japanese couple sits before a doctor and talk to him. The doctor makes report of their discussion. Other workers sit beside the doctor.
Japanese men and women walk in to Japanese Registration Control Station building at San Francisco. Japanese sit before officers at their desk. Japanese people consult with Federal Reserve Bank officials. An old Japanese man and a girl talk to the officials. They walk away. Other workers sit beside them and work. Record documents of various Japanese people visiting the office.
Japanese men and women walk in to Japanese Registration Control Station building at San Francisco. Japanese people enter the office inspected by security guard. People talk to women workers at the office. Women and children accompany men at the office. People walk towards next worker's desk and sit there. Men, women and children at various officer's desk.
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