Escaping the Holocaust: Illegal Immigration to the Land of Israel, 1939-1944 (Studies in Jewish History)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0195063406
ISBN 13
9780195063400
Category
NON-FICTION
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Publication Year
1991
Publisher
Pages
408
Subject
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Palestine -- Emigration and immigration. ; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Palestine. ; Illegal aliens -- Palestine.
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Abstract
Illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine prior to the founding of the State of Israel forms one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of Zionism and modern Jewish history. Bringing Jews from Europe to Palestine by land and by sea in defiance of restrictive British immigration policies was partly an undertaking of national rescue and partly a calculated strategy of political brinksmanship. In this compelling analysis,.
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