Emigration from Nazi Germany (1938-1939)

German countryside.

Car in front of a barrier.

Customs sign at the German border.

People with belongings in their hands, fleeing Nazi Germany, cross the border in a wooded area.

Refugees are met on the opposite side of the border.

Westminster Abbey in London.

A bus passes by the Big Ben tower.

The Statue of Liberty at the entrance to New York Harbor (circle).

German emigrants on the deck of a steamship.

View of the Statue of Liberty.

An ocean liner approaching New York.

Passengers wave their hands while standing at the side.

Tugboats leave the port to meet the liner.

The liner's lifeboats are lowered for the speedy disembarkation of passengers.

Relatives greet political emigrants.

Marlene Dietrich on the deck of a liner during a photo shoot.

Marlene Dietrich's face.

Reporters with cameras in their hands.

Writer Thomas Mann after arriving in the United States in 1938. Albert Einstein, accompanied by Americans who greeted him, walks along the deck to the gangway after arriving in the United States.

Einstein's face.