The Silence After The Storm: A Novel by Aliza Klebanov Florenthal

Author:Aliza Klebanov Florenthal [Klebanov Florenthal, Aliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-23T16:00:00+00:00

SAILING TO PALESTINA,

SOON THE LAND OF ISRAEL

The war formally over, institutions immediately focused their attention to the “Second Wave Immigration” program (with assistance from the British Units in Israel who had been sent to help the British army in Europe), to rescue Jewish children, most of them orphans who had just been liberated from concentration camps or who had found refuge in Christian homes, institutions, etc. Even before the Second Wave activities were underway, pressure was exerted on the American, French and even British Allies to allow these children legal entry into what would shortly become known as the State of Israel, while simultaneously reassigning ships designated to return discharged soldiers to their countries of origin for this humanitarian mission. It is not known whether the British allowed this wave of immigration by issuing special certificates of entry, or whether the immigrant count was deducted from the allotted 1,500 monthly entry permits the British were issuing as part of their policy to prevent large-scale immigration of Jews to the British Mandate, but some of those liberated from transit camps were balanced against the preset quotas.

The ‘Nyassa’ set sail from Spain to Haifa with WWII refugee immigrants early in February 1944.

From online information about the refugee immigrants’ sea journeys.

The Joint Distribution Committee, commonly known simply as ‘The Joint’ or JDC, helped release the Jewish captives from the Gerona prison and send them, via Portugal, to Israel. At the time, the term ‘quota’ set the number of persons designated to be saved. On 22 January 1944, the Nyassa set out from England via Spain and carried some 800 Jewish refugees, among them the brothers Yehezkel and Leon, as well as several French Jewish intellectuals, including their close friend, pharmacist Dr. Bella. Nyassa was the first immigrant vessel to receive a sailing permit. The sense of comradeship among the survivors helped them start new lives in their new-old home country.

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