5. The Emigrants' Building in Bremerhaven, built in 1849.
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6. Dispatch hall for Jewish emigrants at the emigration facilities of the Hamburg-America Line in Hamburg-Veddel. Foto by Hamann, 1909.
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7. Archangel Raphael was the patron saint of emigrants, both for Catholics and Lutherans. From W. Löhe's Reisende [Raphael, Prayer Booklet for Travelers].
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8. On Sept. 13, 1858, fire broke out on the "Austria" on her way from Hamburg to New York. Only 89 of 542 souls could be saved.