TY - BOOK AU - Gruber,Ruth AU - Wiesen Cook,Blanche TI - Exodus 1947: the ship that launched a nation SN - 9781402752285 (pbk.) AV - 430 DS 126.4 G885e 2007 U1 - 940.53/42 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, London PB - Union Square Press KW - Exodus 1947 (Ship) KW - Jewish refugees KW - Palestine KW - Holocaust survivors KW - Emigration and immigration KW - History N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -