A Hebrew poster reads: "Give a hand in rescue, the Fund for Recruitment and Rescue". Palestine, July 22, 1943. Photograph »

The refugee ship "Pentcho," carrying 510 passengers bound for Palestine, in the Aegean Sea. The engines malfunctioned, and the ship was rescued by an Italian warship. October 1940. Photograph »

Jewish refugee youth sail for Palestine from an Italian port on the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita." 1940. Photograph »

Jewish refugees in Lisbon, including a group of children from internment camps in France, board a ship that will transport them to the United States. Lisbon, Portugal, June 1941. Photograph »

Jewish refugee youth from French transit camps at the Children's Aid Society (OSE) home "Maison des Pupilles de la Nation." Some of the children are in flight, en route to Switzerland. Aspet, France, June-August 1942. Photograph »

Jewish refugee youth, on an escape route from France to Switzerland, at a Children's Aid Society (OSE) girls' home. Couret, France, ca. 1942. Photograph »

Danish fishermen (foreground) ferry Jews across a narrow sound to safety in neutral Sweden during the German occupation of Denmark. Sweden, 1943. Photograph »

Danish fishermen used this boat to carry Jews to safety in Sweden during the German occupation. Denmark, 1943 or 1944. Photograph »

A boat used by Danish fishermen to transport Jews to safety in Sweden during the German occupation. Denmark, date uncertain. Photograph »

Jewish women and children from Yugoslavia arrive at the camp on Rab island. The Italians concentrated Jews on Rab, which protected them from the Germans. Rab, Yugoslavia, summer 1943. Photograph »

Polish Jews, who had escaped the Germans by fleeing to the Soviet Union, upon their return to Poland after World War II. Poland, 1946. Photograph »