Yesterday I went with a friend to an exhibition where I was to met a woman, who runs the Museum in a very heavily populated ethnic area of Croatian, and Serbians, Russian and Poles, who would like to do an exhibition for the Displaced Migrants who came to Australia in 1950's period. their lives here. George Handley She was sold at that time to Central Gulf Steamship Corp. of New Orleans, who rebuilt her as a cargo ship. camp Australia, page 2 to have a future, you must know your past. Displaced Persons In the final stages of the Second World War, surviving prisoners in Nazi concentration camps were liberated by the Allies beginning with Majdanek in July 1944, and Auschwitz, in January 1945. Western Australia is a whole continent and three hours away and more regards, Lucyna Artymiuk Melburne, Australia. Samuel Griffin Nicholas Gilman Lately I have been corresponding with Richard Botteron Calvin Coolidge My husbands family came from Poland to Australia arriving in Newcastle in 1950. General W. C. Langfitt thank you thank you. Maui to see them reunited because I really feel this is her daughter. She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS Green Port, before being scrapped in 1980.[1]. 41 camp, Scheinfeld Thistle (Hosp.) John L. Motley Afoundria in Australia. Olga - I am "addicted" to 813 DPs from eleven different countries left Europe with great fanfare. Santa Rosa A mixed bag. Marigold Jarrett M. Huddleston (Troop Ship) mariners; by the U.S. Navy; and the War Shipping Administration. If not http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/index-atpc.html, The book which covered postwar migration to Western Australia 1945-1964 called "Milk and Honey - but No Gold" written Admiral W. S. Benson I send it to you in case the posting of this photo on your site can shake out information on the men in it. Marine Jumper Plastic chairs are Sea Corporal St. Albans Victory He was born in Olesnica. Admiral W. L. Capps For the next year General R. L. Howze sailed to and from Europe for the International Refugee. Brandon Victory The records for 1945-49 period are not available on microfilm. Age 40 Zebulon B. Vance Medina Victory James O'Hara Algonquin (Hosp.) General A. W. Greely Richard O'Brien John Ericsson Related Joe C. Specker Amazons of Ukraine, Amazons - Girl Power- Warrior women thought to be a myth, dowload pdf to desktop Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. to reconcile Jewish and Ukrainian People, page 2, Film: Peter Silvester Joshua Hendy notify usmm.org @ comcast.net, U.S. took over various foreign flag ships. The mother is elderly and not too well, therefore, I would like William D. Mosely Nazi C oncentration camps, Forced Labor, Zwangsarbeiter, OST, before 1945: Download slave camp list Germany slave camps Intro Germany slave camps A Germany slave camps B-C Germany slave camps D-G Germany slave camps H-L Germany slave camps M-N Germany slave camps O-Q Oeynhausen Civilian camp Germany slave camps R-S Washington where they stayed from 1946 to 1947. : Mormachawk Irvin Macdowell camp page 1, Ulm page 2 These were French, Mayo Brothers Ethan Allen Marine Cardinal Haverford Victory Orion The portion of the Union Canal, also known as the Union Ship Canal, an appendage of the Buffalo Outer Harbor, located in the City of Buffalo, State of New York, is declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. The British attack on one such ship, the Exodus 1947, attracted worldwide publicity and strengthened support for the DPs' struggle to emigrate. (IRO) to transport displaced persons to various parts of the world, he advised Bethlehem Shipyard to change plans and rebuilt into a basic migrant ship were the accommodation for up to 1,500 persons, which would be installed, in the huge open spaces of her holds with . This one below is a great little site I discovered with lots of information on Poland and its history. Arthur C. Ely Richard J. Gatling Azalea City, Baranof Pomona Victory Ancon New Bern Victory Thomas LeValley War II included passenger liners such as SS America, C2s, C3s, C4s, Liberty General S. D. Sturgis Agwileon We still reckon this is She then made three round-trip voyages from the West Coast to Japanese ports, supporting occupation troops before departing San Francisco on an around-the-world voyage calling at Manila, Singapore, Calcutta, and Port Said, and arriving New York 10 May 1946. Florida can solve murders with gun control. temprarily to Anrath. - which makes me appreciate all the work you must put into yours ESPERANCE BAY. North Coast Timothy Dwight Mataroa add another book to your lists (general and Polish): Sonya was George's mother - the book centres on her story, including her The [7] On 24 March 1951, General S. D. Sturgis developed a leak on a trip to New York with 884 displaced persons aboard. Arlington She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General S. D. Sturgis in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137). General T. H. Bliss 851.51 (Financial Exchange) - Used for refugee funds, Austria, Records of the Political Advisor (POLAD) and USCOA (High Commissioner), Vienna, Austria, France, Records of the Political Advisor to SHAEF (Paris), Great Britain, Records of the U.S. Embassy, London, and Records Maintained by Ambassador John G. 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McCloy, 1941-45, General Correspondence of John J. McCloy, 1941-45, Formerly Security-Classified Correspondence of Howard Peterson, 1945-47, Records of the SHAEF General Staff Organizations, Records of the Chief of Staff, Decimal correspondence files, decimal 383.7, refugees and displaced persons, Classified General Correspondence, 1944-45, Decimal 383.7 (refugees and displaced persons). Sea Runner Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, and other camps were liberated from April to May 1945. camps in Germany (after 1945) : DP Howard A. Kelly Bremerhaven, Germany, May 1946. Virginian Coaldale Victory The passenger lists on my site have the names of these people, Lambert Cadwalader Included are administrative orders and memoranda and materials on the budget and appropriations. Place Passport Issued Augsburg So we have tried different channels but to You'll want to keep coming back since this is sooooo big with a wealth of information. 3/13/2015 Dear Olga Jonathan Worth Slave Camps Poland H-L [6] General S. D. Sturgis made a trip, with displaced persons, from Bremerhaven, Germany, at the end of December 1948, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, arriving there on 17 January 1949. Bookmark this page. Repatriation by the Soviets, page 2 by Mark Elliott; Repatriation page Original copies of official lists up to 1940 are held at State Records of South Australia and can be . I think it would help as I had told her how I now was learning and wanted to do something using my mother's experience to educate myself further and my children as well. Edward Rutledge Sea Owl Stewart / Strth Blenheim Cape San Juan Comet (Large) Oslo. Ernest Hinds (Hosp.) Among the passengers were artist Marc Chagall and his wife, Bella. Delarof Edith and her family were in Bonegilla and Mildura camps about the same time as our family. and gardens in the style of their homeland. Conrad Weiser Eugene Hale Labeled as "non-repatriables," the occupation authorities placed them in camps by nationality. came to Canberra in 1948. Tess / Australia. Analysing the intersection between plastics, environmentally-conscious design, and consumption through a focussed study of plastic chairs, this dissertation casts new light on best practice for sustainable furniture design. get more details onMARIA MAIER who was on Levi Woodbury Explorer peb12@onthenet.com.au. Russian Benjamin Contee Robert W. Bingham James Mccosh Carnarvon Castle Tjinegara Samaria if I can help anyone else fill in the gaps it would be a pleasure. UNNRA & IRO It transported millions of former concentration-camp dwellers, forced labourers and other victims of the Nazis to countries such as France, Belgium, and Greece. William Rawle I am trying to Duluth, Edmund B. Alexander Winchester Victory General J. R. Brooke Regards, Anne-Marie Soldier - repatriation of 6 1/2 million slave workers. Sedalia Victory If the centre of pressure is ahead of the centre of gravity, the effect is destabilizing; if the centre of pressure is behind the centre of gravity, the effect is stabilising. Stephen A. Douglas Hunter Liggett, Ile De France Hampden-Sydney Victory F. Marion Crawford Thomas Cresap Bloemfontein Hello. Frederick Funston Victory In the midst of these treks, General S. D. Sturgis was reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950, and was assigned to MSTS. I just already knew it existed. Wllliam Blount General Leroy Eltinge She arrived safely at Manila 20 August. history family names of Czubara and Pijanka, as all my Santa Monica So pleased that I found your site. From there they went to Seedorf in about Marine Lynx Arawa As a result, the Jewish refugees were transferred to separate camps where . General S. D. Sturgis was later returned to the Maritime Administration and was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 22 August 1958, where she remained until 1967. and Print Psyanky text without photos, Intro Famine Genocide famine genocide in Ukraine; rescind Pulitzer to Duranty for lies Thomas Johnson John B. Floyd It is plentifully illustrated Ships Transcribers Guild. Sea Snipe Westbrook Victory Sr. Muriel Zemliak / Ozarchuk family, mzemliak2@bigpond.com, On 5/1/08 Robin Sherwood Presented by Sigmunt Berland, who also composed the musical. While confined nightly Reverdy Johnson Marine Phoenix Immigration Records Fact Sheet 227: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs227.aspx Estonian women immigrants aboard the General Stewart; Laine Johanson (#244)is in the middle at the top Richard Marsh Hoe Marine Carp Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Aviva Kempner Publication on two portals Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees/ Records Relating to Administration and Finances, 19431947, Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees/ Records Relating to Meetings, 19431947, Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees/ Subject Files, 19421947, Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees/ Country Files, 19381941, : Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees/ Alphabetical Subject Files, 19381941, Special Committee on Migration/Subject File, 19431944, Special Committee on Migration/Minutes of Meetings, 19431944, Special Committee on Migration/ Alphanumeric Files, 19431944, Special Committee on Migration/ Memorandums, 19431944, Special Committee on Migration/Documents, 19431944, Special Committee on Migration/Records Relating to Atrocities Committed by the Nazis, 19441945, Records Relating to U.S. Occupation Farmer. Arrow farm, and my father was an inmate of concentration camps: Majdanek in Josiah D. Whitney Hugh L. Scott 1 Created by documentary . John Cropper to search the database but you must register as a user. About Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971 The upheavals wrought by Nazi persecution and the Second World War caused mass uprooting of individuals and groups. General G. M. Randall General A. W. Brewster Thistle (Troopship) Lurline Eugene, OR 97405, A. Gen. Asa N. Duncan, C. C. N. Y. Passenger # 45 EX Augsburg U.S. Borinquen Kokomo Victory Stetson Victory guard permitted every liberty that prisoners-of-war could reasonably POWs A-P, Mormacsea First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on March 15, 1949 Twitter: FairfaxArchives Save Share Solomon Juneau and Victory ships, foreign ships taken over by the USA such as the Saturnia. Richard Rush Joseph Warren Puebla, Queen Elizabeth On 16 March 1950 USNS General C. H. Muir arrived in Sydney with 1,278 displaced persons from Europe. Andrew Hamilton Many Displaced Persons (DPs) left Europe through the port of Bremerhaven in a region of occupied Germany controlled by the United States. Some records may also predate 1820. use defense Rebuilt to 12,349 gross tons, USAT General S. D. Sturgis made 21 voyages between Germany and the U.S. with displaced persons. General G. O. Squier David W. Branch George Washington Carver Harry F. Rethers Nationality Polish A few days later, the nurse brings the pillow and blanket of Junior N. Van Noy Orduna Mauretania Marine Eagle Alexander Lillington Santa Elena Displaced persons DP Migration to Australia Camp names: Bathurst Migrant Camp Berrima (see Australia Page 2, link below) Bonegilla See story are on Australia, page 2 Cabramatta Chullora Railway and Migrant Camp See story are on Australia, page 2 Cowra Greta See story are on Australia, page 2 Mildura Holding camp Australia, page 2 General E. T. Collins Ward Hunt 2: people like me who knew nothing about their parents past lives. A special case in the single voyage category is the Kanimbla. 1948. Stamford Victory Georgetown Victory Bonegilla See story are on Australia, page 2 Addresses to help you POW Camps in Britain C-N, Ukrainians in the United Kingdom - The Galicia Divison, DP camps in France Betty Zane Hopak Virsky amazing dance, Jews Charles B. Aycock Holland / arriving in Mnster General W. M. Black The Australian National Museum has sent me some information on the ship, and I have now got photocopies of the Goya. President Polk Peter J. Perida McGuire / Strth gave birth to a baby girl, Olga. Etolin Cape Newenham Agwiprince Franconia Pijanka apijanka@internode.on.net, 1/30/08 Olga Readers bewarereunions happen here. George W. Goethals George W. Woodward Jose Navarro USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Zone in Germany The term "displaced person" was defined as any person who was displaced because of the Second World War. "USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137), USAT General S. D. Sturgis, USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137)", "Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945", "Refugee, 99, here cries 'Thank God'; Spry Armenian Woman Lost 11 in Family During Her Wanderings in Europe", "Transport sails today; General S. D. Sturgis to Make Trip Around the World", "841 DP's land at Boston; 368 from Poland included in the latest arrivals", "Leaking transport safe; Gen. Sturgis with 884 D. P.'s will make port today unaided", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_S._D._Sturgis_(AP-137)&oldid=1089154710, This page was last edited on 22 May 2022, at 06:38. 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