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Our friends who had accompanied us from South Africa to the Indies in 1940, now recuperating at Ismailia (Egypt) and waiting for availability of shipping south.

First post war picture of Emmy Kerkhoven, recuperating in Ismailia. Egypt , on transit to South Africa. She and  her fellow travelers returned there in February on board the S.S. Felix Roussel, a French merchant ship that had sailed for the allies during the war.

Waiting in Egypt
Waiting in Egypt

Edu, waiting in Egypt at Ismailia for repatriation- still in his army uniform

Waiting in Egypt
Waiting in Egypt

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After the war we returned to South Africa as Refugees. Here is a picture of my family on the beach at Durban. In this first postwar family photograph- note my father’s hollow face.

Durban Christmas 1945
Durban Christmas 1945

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