Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Press Telegram Sent When the Illegal Immigration Ship "Exodus" Arrived in Haifa Port, 1947

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Press Telegram sent to the editorial of the Daily Press in London upon the arrival of the illegal immigration ship "Exodus" to the Haifa port. [1947]. English.
The telegram, written by an English journalist, describes the arrival of the ship "Exodus" and the boarding of immigrants on deportation ships: "Part of 4500 immigrants stood on the densely crowded upper deck and singing the Jewish national anthem…shortly afterwards began the transfer of passengers to Ocean Vigour [one of the deportation ships to which the immigrants were transferred]…one woman had died during journey…".
Enclosed is a receipt for delivery of the telegram from July 18, 1947.
[1] leaf, 26 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and some tears.
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pletah in Europe and Cyprus