Jewish children, forcibly removed by British soldiers from the ship "Exodus 1947," stand behind a barbed-wire fence. Photograph taken by Henry Ries. Poppendorf displaced persons camp, Germany, September 1947. Photograph »

Jewish displaced persons protest the forcible removal of Jewish refugees from the ship "Exodus 1947" by British soldiers. Photograph taken by Henry Ries. Hohne-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany, September 1947. Photograph »

An exhausted Jewish woman from the "Exodus 1947" refugee ship is given a drink as British soldiers stand nearby. The British forcibly returned the passengers to Europe. Haifa, Palestine, July 19, 1947. Photograph »

As UN official Emil Sandstroem (bottom right, white hat) looks on, British soldiers remove Jewish refugees from the ship "Exodus 1947." The passengers are deported back to Europe. Haifa, Palestine, July 20, 1947. Photograph »

A British soldier removes refugees, wounded resisting the British, from the ship "Exodus 1947." Haifa, Palestine, July 20, 1947. Photograph »

Refugees, previously passengers on the ship "Exodus 1947," crowded on a British deportation ship. Port-de-Bouc harbor, France, July 28, 1947. Photograph »