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Passenger ship, possibly MS SKAUBRYN, berthed at a wharf

View of passenger ship, possibly MS SKAUBRYN, berthed at a wharf for migrants associated with the International Refugee Organization (which operated between 1947 and 1952). An inscriptions on the reverse reads: `Nordmark m nordmark film. Kiel. Tagersberg 5. Tel. 22534. Vervielfaltigungs = recht.' Nordmark-Film was a German film production company that produced a documentary on MS SKAUBRYN in 1951.

 

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Object no. ANMS0214[045]

 

The Australian National Maritime Museum will be holding an after-dark lightshow based on stories of migration from 26 January to 17 February 2013. Check the website for more information on 'Waves of Migration', and how you can tell share your migration story.

 

 

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Uploaded on January 21, 2013
Taken circa 1951