German Refugee Child Reading a Comic Book, October 1942

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Collins, Marjory, "New York, N.Y. Children's Colony, a school for refugee children administered by a Viennese. German refugee child, a devotee of Superman," October 1942

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This boy, a German refugee, is reading the comic book, "Superman," in this photograph. The photo was taken in October 1942 during World War II. 

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Collins, Marjory, "New York, N.Y. Children's Colony, a school for refugee children administered by a Viennese. German refugee child, a devotee of Superman," October 1942. Courtesy of Library of Congress