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Adoption
Anti-Nazi Underground
Children's Homes After the War
Housing in the Ghettos
Orphanages
Deportation to the Ghettos
Intermarriage
Latvian Jews
Letters
קונסוליה - פולין
Aliya
Jewish Schools
Jewish Schools - Poland
Jewish Soldiers
Jewish Teachers
Abuse
Attitude of the Local Population
Consulates
Deportation to Camps
Escape From Nazi Occupied Territory
Foreign Passport
תעוד
Rzad Polski Na Uchodzctwie
דוח
Aliya Bet
Border Crossing
Detentions
Forced Labor
Illegal Border Crossings (during the War)
Passports
Perished
Air-Raids
Badge of Shame
Certificate
British Army