Exodus 1947 : the ship that launched a nation /

Gruber, Ruth, 1911-

Exodus 1947 : the ship that launched a nation / Ruth Gruber; preface by Blanche Wiesen Cook - New York : London: Union Square Press, c2007. - xviii, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index. Formerly titled, Destination Palestine: The story of the haganah ship exodus 1947

Introduction --- The DP camps of Europe --- Haifa --- Cyprus --- Port-de-Bouc --- Hamburg --- Epilogue

Gruber writes about the experiences of Holocaust survivors who boarded the ship Exodus 1947 to go to Palestine; the ship was refused entrance by the British Navy. Gruber covered the event as a journalist in 1947.

9781402752285 (pbk.) 1402752288 (pbk.)

2009352007


Exodus 1947 (Ship)


Jewish refugees--Palestine.
Holocaust survivors--Palestine.


Palestine--Emigration and immigration.--History

430 DS 126.4 / G885e 2007

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