Refugees arrive at Ellis Island

Refugees arrive at Ellis Island 

People on dock waving to refugees aboard ship, the Marine Flasher. Men, women, and children arriving at New York City on May 20, 1946 after a voyage that departed Bremerhaven Germany on May 11, 1946. CU refugees on board. Crowds waiting. Guards behind barrier. Women hugging. Survivors show tattoos. Children and women. The young man with tattoo B3073 is Berek Gola (also called Bernard Gola) a 19 year old Jewish man from Poland. He had been imprisoned by the Nazis at Treblinka and Auschwitz (where he received the tattoo). 

For additional film like this (outtakes) of the refugees arriving in NY but not used in the newsreel release, see Stories 24, 351, and 354. For the newsreel, see Stories 17, 357, and 2260.