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https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/after-1945/displaced-persons-act
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Topic: Teenage Holocaust Survivors in DP Camps
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.p.
Type: Paraphrase
Many teenage survivors stayed in displaced persons camps after WWII because their homes were destroyed and antisemitism was still widespread.
Topic: Displaced Persons Act and U.S. Immigration
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.p.
Type: Summary
The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 allowed thousands of Holocaust survivors, including teens, to immigrate to the U.S. and rebuild their lives.