A young Jewish refugee at work in the melon patch in a JDC-supported agricultural training program (hachsharah) to prepare for immigration to Israel.

At the Amsterdam airport, Esther Haskin, a JDC staff member in Holland, accompanies a Jewish refugee leaving for the United States.

Jewish orphans from Romania arrive by train in Holland, where they lived in a special children's village funded by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee before going to Palestine.

Toddlers and caregivers at a table in the midst of a painting lesson at a nursery school for refugee children.

Refugees in a transport truck. The Dutch granted temporary asylum for 83 Jews aboard the SS Cabo de Hornos on the West Indian island of Curacao on November 19, 1941, ending a frantic 10 month search for refuge.

Area in Dutch Curacao where Jewish refugees were housed. The Dutch granted temporary asylum for 83 Jews aboard the SS Cabo de Hornos on the West Indian island of Curacao on November 19, 1941, ending a frantic 10 month search for refuge.

Gate at the area where refugees from the SS Cabo de Hornos were taken. The sign in Dutch reads "Entrance Forbidden." The Dutch granted temporary asylum for 83 Jews aboard the SS Cabo de Hornos on the West Indian island of Curacao on November 19, 1941, ending a frantic 10 month search for refuge.