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In August 1948, 545 passengers boarded an overcrowded, clapped-out vessel in Marseilles to handle an uncertain future in Australia and New Zealand. They originated from displaced individuals camps in Germany, death camps in Poland, labour camps in Hungary, gulags in Siberia, and stony Agean islands. There were those who had been hunted by the Nazis and the ones who had welcomed them; those who had followed the Communists and the ones who had fled them.Diane Armstrong set sail on the Derna with her parents when she was 9 years of age. Such as a detective searching for clues, she has located over 100 of the passengers. Through their recollections and memorabilia, as well as archival documents, she has recreated the voyage and traced what became with their hopes and dreams. The effect is the initial portrayal of your migrant ship and its own passengers.
