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A Workshop for making chess pieces in a Detainment Camp in Cyprus

After the war,  brothers Yisrael and Yitzhak Roth and their cousin Aryeh Klein, Hungarian survivors, decided to make their way illegally to Eretz Israel (Mandatory Palestine) together with members of their Hachshara (pioneer training) group  from the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement.  They sailed together on the ship Knesset Israel, but the ship was caught by the British, and its passengers deported to detainment camps in Cyprus.

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Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Aryeh Klein, Israel

Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Aryeh Klein, Israel

Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Aryeh Klein, Israel

Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Lathe made by Yisrael Roth in the detainment camp in Cyprus that was used to mass- produce chess pieces.
Lathe made by Yisrael Roth in the detainment camp in Cyprus that was used to mass- produce chess pieces.

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Yisrael Roth, Israel

Lathe made by Yisrael Roth in the detainment camp in Cyprus that was used to mass- produce chess pieces.
Yisrael and Yitzhak Roth carving the chess pieces on the lathe that Yisrael built in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
Yisrael and Yitzhak Roth carving the chess pieces on the lathe that Yisrael built in the detainment camp in Cyprus.

Yisrael and Yitzhak Roth carving the chess pieces on the lathe that Yisrael built in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
Aryeh Klein carving the chess pieces in front of his tent in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
Aryeh Klein carving the chess pieces in front of his tent in the detainment camp in Cyprus.

Aryeh Klein carving the chess pieces in front of his tent in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Chess pieces made by Yisrael & Yitzhak Roth and Aryeh Klein in the detainment camp in Cyprus
Lathe made by Yisrael Roth in the detainment camp in Cyprus that was used to mass- produce chess pieces.
Lathe made by Yisrael Roth in the detainment camp in Cyprus that was used to mass- produce chess pieces.
Yisrael and Yitzhak Roth carving the chess pieces on the lathe that Yisrael built in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
Yisrael and Yitzhak Roth carving the chess pieces on the lathe that Yisrael built in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
Aryeh Klein carving the chess pieces in front of his tent in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
Aryeh Klein carving the chess pieces in front of his tent in the detainment camp in Cyprus.
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