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On the night of July 17, 1947, the ship Exodus, with 4,500 Holocaust survivors, was attempting to break through a British blockade of what was then Palestine. Several hours later the Exodus was attacked by the British navy, with British soldiers charging the ship but met by resistance. Three Jewish passengers were killed and dozens injured. Taken to the port of Haifa, the illegal immigrants were transferred to three deportation ships. Halamish's book examines what happened to the immigrants after they were denied admission: weeks spent on the three ships ("floating concentration camps"), their brutal removal from the ships by British soldiers in Hamburg, and their forced settlement in two hellish camps in northern Germany. Drawing on an impressive array of research materials, Halamish, on a human level, presents a stunning portrait of courage and heroism in the face of anguish and adversity. George Cohen
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew
On the night of July 17, 1947, the ship Exodus, with 4,500 Holocaust survivors, was attempting to break through a British blockade of what was then Palestine. Several hours later the Exodus was attacked by the British navy, with British soldiers charging the ship but met by resistance. Three Jewish passengers were killed and dozens injured. Taken to the port of Haifa, the illegal immigrants were transferred to three deportation ships. Halamish's book examines what happened to the immigrants after they were denied admission: weeks spent on the three ships ("floating concentration camps"), their brutal removal from the ships by British soldiers in Hamburg, and their forced settlement in two hellish camps in northern Germany. Drawing on an impressive array of research materials, Halamish, on a human level, presents a stunning portrait of courage and heroism in the face of anguish and adversity. George Cohen
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew
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- Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1949 by Fredd Liebreich in Back Matter
- British Counterinsurgency: From Palestine to Northern Ireland by John Newsinger in Back Matter
- Commander of the Exodus by Yoram Kaniuk in Back Matter
- Commander of the Exodus by Yoram Kaniuk in Back Matter
- Historikerstreit in Israel. by Barbara Schäfer in Back Matter
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