Jews on route to Palestine 1934-1944
Sketches from the history of Aliyah Bet - Clandestine Jewish Immigration
Series: Jagiellonian Studies in History
Pages: 222
Book format: B5
Publication date: 2012
Release date: 18.12.2012
Book description
The term Aliyah Bet refers to illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine in the period of the British Mandate for Palestine; it constituted one of the most effective methods of struggle of the Zionist movement for the sovereign state of Israel. Its history is marked, on the one hand, by clandestine activities and spectacular operations, and on the other, by dramatic events (catastrophes of sea liners carrying immigrants, deportations of refugees). The book discusses events without which one cannot understand the contemporary Israel.
REVIEW
Jews on Route to Palestine offers an objective view of the waves of illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine and illustrates their interactive nature. The title, however, is problematic, in that it omits any reference to Polish Jews or to the illegality of their immigration. The bibliography is extensive, including study questions and a timeline of events not directly associated with the subject at hand. In summary, although Patek's book is largely a synthesis, it is well-organized and makes an important contribution to the scholarship.
Farid Al-Salim, The American Historical Review >>
REVIEW
Jews on Route to Palestine offers an objective view of the waves of illegal Jewish immigration to Palestine and illustrates their interactive nature. The title, however, is problematic, in that it omits any reference to Polish Jews or to the illegality of their immigration. The bibliography is extensive, including study questions and a timeline of events not directly associated with the subject at hand. In summary, although Patek's book is largely a synthesis, it is well-organized and makes an important contribution to the scholarship.
Farid Al-Salim, The American Historical Review >>
Authors
Artur Patek
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Jews on route to Palestine 1934-1944
Sketches from the history of Aliyah Bet - Clandestine Jewish Immigration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
The most important abbreviations and acronyms 7
Introduction 9
Chapter I: “The old new country”
1. Context 17
2. Towards “Pax Britannica” 21
3. The Gordian knot 23
4. Yishuv 30
5. Polarization 32
Chapter II: Illegal or independent immigration?
1. The dispute over terminology 37
2. Without formalised frameworks 38
3. The position of the leaders of Yishuv 42
4. The first transport 44
5. Revisionist Ha’apala 46
6. “For Jews the world divides itself into two places...” 49
7. “Af al pi” 52
8. The Polish chapter 55
Chapter III: On the eve of war
1. Mossad – “the maritime department of Hagana” 65
2. “The cooperation of enemies for a common cause” 72
3. “Immigration today is a question of life or death” 78
4. The intensifi cation of Aliyah Bet 81
5. Great Britain’s position and the Arab voice 89
Chapter IV: In the shadow of the “White Paper”
1. The reality of wartime 97
2. Through the “green border” 103
3. From Anders’ Army 105
4. “Th e only alternative is to maintain the existing procedures” 108
Chapter V: The Atlantic – Mauritius
1. The story of the passengers of the Atlantic 115
2. The Patria 118
3. Deportation to Mauritius 121
4. Five years of exile 123
Chapter VI: If the gates to Palestine had been open...
1. Th e Kladovo group 131
2. Th e case of the Darien II 134
3. Catastrophes at sea (the Pencho and the Salvador) 137
4. The tragedy of the Struma 141
Chapter VII: “The sole route to survival”
1. London’s concessions 153
2. With Romania and Turkey in the background 154
3. The sinking of the Mefkura 161
4. The arrival of the USSR 165
5. In lieu of summing up 168
Final remarks 171
Appendices 173
Selected bibliography 181
List of tables 207
List of maps 208
Index 209
The most important abbreviations and acronyms 7
Introduction 9
Chapter I: “The old new country”
1. Context 17
2. Towards “Pax Britannica” 21
3. The Gordian knot 23
4. Yishuv 30
5. Polarization 32
Chapter II: Illegal or independent immigration?
1. The dispute over terminology 37
2. Without formalised frameworks 38
3. The position of the leaders of Yishuv 42
4. The first transport 44
5. Revisionist Ha’apala 46
6. “For Jews the world divides itself into two places...” 49
7. “Af al pi” 52
8. The Polish chapter 55
Chapter III: On the eve of war
1. Mossad – “the maritime department of Hagana” 65
2. “The cooperation of enemies for a common cause” 72
3. “Immigration today is a question of life or death” 78
4. The intensifi cation of Aliyah Bet 81
5. Great Britain’s position and the Arab voice 89
Chapter IV: In the shadow of the “White Paper”
1. The reality of wartime 97
2. Through the “green border” 103
3. From Anders’ Army 105
4. “Th e only alternative is to maintain the existing procedures” 108
Chapter V: The Atlantic – Mauritius
1. The story of the passengers of the Atlantic 115
2. The Patria 118
3. Deportation to Mauritius 121
4. Five years of exile 123
Chapter VI: If the gates to Palestine had been open...
1. Th e Kladovo group 131
2. Th e case of the Darien II 134
3. Catastrophes at sea (the Pencho and the Salvador) 137
4. The tragedy of the Struma 141
Chapter VII: “The sole route to survival”
1. London’s concessions 153
2. With Romania and Turkey in the background 154
3. The sinking of the Mefkura 161
4. The arrival of the USSR 165
5. In lieu of summing up 168
Final remarks 171
Appendices 173
Selected bibliography 181
List of tables 207
List of maps 208
Index 209
Jews on route to Palestine 1934-1944
Sketches from the history of Aliyah Bet - Clandestine Jewish Immigration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
The most important abbreviations and acronyms 7
Introduction 9
Chapter I: “The old new country”
1. Context 17
2. Towards “Pax Britannica” 21
3. The Gordian knot 23
4. Yishuv 30
5. Polarization 32
Chapter II: Illegal or independent immigration?
1. The dispute over terminology 37
2. Without formalised frameworks 38
3. The position of the leaders of Yishuv 42
4. The first transport 44
5. Revisionist Ha’apala 46
6. “For Jews the world divides itself into two places...” 49
7. “Af al pi” 52
8. The Polish chapter 55
Chapter III: On the eve of war
1. Mossad – “the maritime department of Hagana” 65
2. “The cooperation of enemies for a common cause” 72
3. “Immigration today is a question of life or death” 78
4. The intensifi cation of Aliyah Bet 81
5. Great Britain’s position and the Arab voice 89
Chapter IV: In the shadow of the “White Paper”
1. The reality of wartime 97
2. Through the “green border” 103
3. From Anders’ Army 105
4. “Th e only alternative is to maintain the existing procedures” 108
Chapter V: The Atlantic – Mauritius
1. The story of the passengers of the Atlantic 115
2. The Patria 118
3. Deportation to Mauritius 121
4. Five years of exile 123
Chapter VI: If the gates to Palestine had been open...
1. Th e Kladovo group 131
2. Th e case of the Darien II 134
3. Catastrophes at sea (the Pencho and the Salvador) 137
4. The tragedy of the Struma 141
Chapter VII: “The sole route to survival”
1. London’s concessions 153
2. With Romania and Turkey in the background 154
3. The sinking of the Mefkura 161
4. The arrival of the USSR 165
5. In lieu of summing up 168
Final remarks 171
Appendices 173
Selected bibliography 181
List of tables 207
List of maps 208
Index 209
The most important abbreviations and acronyms 7
Introduction 9
Chapter I: “The old new country”
1. Context 17
2. Towards “Pax Britannica” 21
3. The Gordian knot 23
4. Yishuv 30
5. Polarization 32
Chapter II: Illegal or independent immigration?
1. The dispute over terminology 37
2. Without formalised frameworks 38
3. The position of the leaders of Yishuv 42
4. The first transport 44
5. Revisionist Ha’apala 46
6. “For Jews the world divides itself into two places...” 49
7. “Af al pi” 52
8. The Polish chapter 55
Chapter III: On the eve of war
1. Mossad – “the maritime department of Hagana” 65
2. “The cooperation of enemies for a common cause” 72
3. “Immigration today is a question of life or death” 78
4. The intensifi cation of Aliyah Bet 81
5. Great Britain’s position and the Arab voice 89
Chapter IV: In the shadow of the “White Paper”
1. The reality of wartime 97
2. Through the “green border” 103
3. From Anders’ Army 105
4. “Th e only alternative is to maintain the existing procedures” 108
Chapter V: The Atlantic – Mauritius
1. The story of the passengers of the Atlantic 115
2. The Patria 118
3. Deportation to Mauritius 121
4. Five years of exile 123
Chapter VI: If the gates to Palestine had been open...
1. Th e Kladovo group 131
2. Th e case of the Darien II 134
3. Catastrophes at sea (the Pencho and the Salvador) 137
4. The tragedy of the Struma 141
Chapter VII: “The sole route to survival”
1. London’s concessions 153
2. With Romania and Turkey in the background 154
3. The sinking of the Mefkura 161
4. The arrival of the USSR 165
5. In lieu of summing up 168
Final remarks 171
Appendices 173
Selected bibliography 181
List of tables 207
List of maps 208
Index 209
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