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Voyage No. 5. Bremerhaven, German - Valparaiso, Chile
Verlag: [1948]., 1948
Anbieter: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Original ink and watercolour measuring 310 by 360mm. At sea, USAT General W.M. Black, A rare survival: though comic in execution, this image provide a rare glimpse of life on board US Army Transport General W.M. Black, one of several ships involved in the settling of displaced persons from Europe to the Americas in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Over a four year period, forty ships made 150 separate trips from Bremerhaven, which served as the embarkation point for all transports of displaced persons, who had otherwise been held in camps run by the International Relief Organization. Writing in preface of the final report of the United States Displaced Persons Commission, the contributor describes the optimism of the project: ?From the sordid and spirit-crushing atmosphere of the displaced persons camps and refugee centers came men and women of diverse faiths and national backgrounds to find a new life and a new hope .? Indeed, to get a sense of the variety of passengers travelling on these ships, here is a breakdown of those who travelled on the USAT General W.M. Black to New York on 21 October the same year: ?338 Poles, 168 Lithuanians, 53 Czechs, 32 Latvians, 17 Ukrainians, 6 Hungarians, and 83 who were listed as stateless? (ibid, 64) They were predominantly farmers but over 60 different types of occupations (or skills) were listed. The artist depicts carnival atmosphere on board. Starting on the left, a game of cards takes place, the players serenaded by an accordionist, two people suffering sea-sickness, there are dogs, a sunbather, two romantic couples, a kindly sailor gives children food, two men fight, and there is self-portrait of the artist in his painter's smock, suggesting he was a passenger rather than crew. General W.M. Black, a C4 type troopship, was busy from the moment she was launched. Her first trip was in March 1944, transporting 3500 troops to Pearl Harbor. This was followed with others to Noumea, Guadalcanal, the Panama Canal, New Orleans, Kingston and Guantanamo Bay. She was decommissioned in 1946 and, having undergone some alterations, returned to service as an army transport. She made her first trip from Bremerhaven in February 1948 and made some six round trips taking displaced persons and refugees to Venezuela, Melbourne (Australia), Rio de Janeiro, and New York. As titled, her fifth such trip was to Valparaiso. Displaced Persons Commission, The DP Story: The Final Report of the United States Displaced Persons Commission. Washington, 1952.
