TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridging myth and reality
T2 - The absorption of She'erit Hapletah in Eretz Yisrael, 1945-48
AU - Baumel, Judith Tydor
PY - 1997/4
Y1 - 1997/4
N2 - From the end of the Second World War in May 1945 until the founding of the State of Israel in
May 1948, some 70,000 immigrants-mainly Holocaust survivors-set sail for the shores of
Palestine. 1 Two-and-a-half thousand of the illegal immigrants successfully evaded the
British man-hunt and entered the Promised Land; 4,500 passengers on the famous
immigrant ship Exodus were returned to Germany; 52,000 illegal immigrants were deported
to the Cyprus detention camps. The remaining 11,000 individuals were apprehended
AB - From the end of the Second World War in May 1945 until the founding of the State of Israel in
May 1948, some 70,000 immigrants-mainly Holocaust survivors-set sail for the shores of
Palestine. 1 Two-and-a-half thousand of the illegal immigrants successfully evaded the
British man-hunt and entered the Promised Land; 4,500 passengers on the famous
immigrant ship Exodus were returned to Germany; 52,000 illegal immigrants were deported
to the Cyprus detention camps. The remaining 11,000 individuals were apprehended
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031391477&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00263209708701157
DO - 10.1080/00263209708701157
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SN - 0026-3206
VL - 33
SP - 362
EP - 382
JO - Middle Eastern Studies
JF - Middle Eastern Studies
IS - 2
ER -