Emigration: The Journey to Eretz Israel after the Holocaust
Pro-Aliyah demonstration, Bari camp, Italy. In the course of 34 voyages, some 22,000 Ma’apilim set off from the ports of Italy as part of the Aliyah Bet to Eretz Israel, prior to the establishment of the State.
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Demonstrators holding signs demanding unrestricted immigration to Eretz Israel, pro-Aliyah demonstration, Bari, Italy. The Bari camp housed both Jews and non-Jews. In July 1947, there were some 780 Jews living there.
Shaul Gorodinsky and his friend Yaakov Ushman next to the Ha’apalah ship “Dov Hoz” at La Spezia port, Italy, 1946.
Group of Ma’apilim next to the “Eliyahu Golomb”, La Spezia port, Italy, 1946. There were some 330 Ma’apilim on board. Seated first from right – Yerachmiel Chaim Levy.
The “Dov Hoz” at La Spezia port, Italy, 1946. There were some 670 Ma’apilim on board.
Pro-Aliyah demonstration during the “La Spezia Affair” in the Marina Di Leuca DP camp, Italy. The Marina Di Leuca camp housed both Jews and non-Jews. In 1946, there were some 1,500 Jews living there.
Pro-Aliyah demonstration during the “La Spezia Affair” in the Marina Di Leuca DP camp, Italy. The Marina Di Leuca camp camp housed both Jews and non-Jews. In 1946, there were some 1,500 Jews living there.
The first group of Ma'apilim that left the Marina Di Leuca DP camp, Italy.
Ma’apilim on the deck of the Ha’apalah ship “Josiah Wedgewood”, after it was caught and brought to Haifa port.
Four Holocaust survivors in Reggio Emilia, Italy, prior to their immigration to Eretz Israel. There was a Hachshara kibbutz at this camp. LTR: Esther Bialer, her mother Tova, her twin sister Chava (Ben Menachem) and her mother’s sister Rosa Malikont.
Ma’apilim aboard the ship “Lo Tafchidunu” (“You Can’t Frighten Us”), 1947.
Women, children and babies on the deck of the Ha’apalah ship “Lo Tafchidunu” (“You Can’t Frighten Us”), 1947.
