Jewish women and children who fled Poland as part of the Brihah, the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe, are sheltered in a reception center. Nachod, Czechoslovakia, summer 1946. Photograph »

Polish Jewish children, part of Brihah—the flight from Europe—en route to the Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria. The children wait at a relief station in Prague. Czechoslovakia, 1946. Photograph »

Checking identity cards of Jews who fled eastern Europe after the war (as part of the Brihah), in preparation for the journey to Palestine. Photograph taken by Henry Ries. Vienna, Austria, November 5-6, 1947. Photograph »

Jewish refugees, part of Brihah—the postwar flight of Jews—in line at a relief center. They are en route to the Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria. Nachod, Czechoslovakia, 1946. Photograph »

Jewish refugees who fled Poland as part of the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe (the Brihah) line the streets outside a reception center. Nachod, Czechoslovakia, July 1946. Photograph »

Polish Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), arrive in Vienna. Austria, summer 1946. Photograph »

Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), in a crowded boxcar on the way to a displaced persons camp in the American occupation zone. Germany, 1945 or 1946. Photograph »

Jewish refugees, part of the Brihah movement (the postwar mass flight of Jews from eastern Europe), sleep on a crowded floor on the way to displaced persons camps in the American occupation zone. Seltz, Germany, 1947. Photograph »