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A first-year class in the Hanau displaced persons camp, 1945

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Polish children at their desks in a classroom of the Hanau displaced persons camp run by UNRRA in 1945, with a blackboard behind them lettered Klasa Pierwsza and First Class. The girl in the foreground holds a Polish primer. Held by the Imperial War Museums as catalogue number HU 136550.
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Polish children at their desks in a classroom of the Hanau displaced persons camp run by UNRRA in 1945, with a blackboard behind them lettered Klasa Pierwsza and First Class. The girl in the foreground holds a Polish primer. Held by the Imperial War Museums as catalogue number HU 136550.

Imperial War Museums, catalogue number HU 136550. Image: IWM (HU 136550). IWM Non-Commercial Licence.

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Hanau