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Exodus 1947: The Ship That Launched a Nation
by
Ruth Gruber
On July 18, 1947, American journalist Ruth Gruber stood on a wharf in Haifa as the Exodus 1947 limped into harbor. The evening before, this unarmed ship, crammed with more than 4,500 Holocaust survivors, had been rammed and boarded by sailors of the British Navy to prevent her desperate human cargo from seeking refuge in Palestine. Gruber rushed to the scene and began witn...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Union Square Press
(first published October 1st 1999)
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This book was a complete shock to me. I had no clue such injustices happened to the Jewish people after World War 2 by the British. The author takes you back to when she was there to witness the travesty that the Jewish people aboard Exodus 1947 had to go through just to try to seek their freedom. During this time, Jewish people fleeing war torn Europe wanted to get to Palestine, but the British controlled all immigration and they purposely kept the number each month to a assinine number. The pe...more
A tragic time post World War II where liberated "displaced persons" from European concentration camps had nowhere to go and were prevented from entering Palestine by the British.
Wow! Amazing author! Amazing photos! Amazing story! Will definately be reading more by this author and about this subject.
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Ruth Gruber is an award-winning Jewish American journalist, photographer, and humanitarian. Born in Brooklyn in 1911, she became the youngest PhD in the world and went on to author nineteen books, including the National Jewish Book Award–winning biography Raquela (1978). She also wrote several memoirs documenting her astonishing experiences, among them Ahead of Time (1991), Inside of Time (2002), ...more
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