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Exodus 1947*

• 1996 ----- color ----- 56 min ----- vhs
• This is the true story of how American Jews secretly financed and crewed Exodus 1947, the most famous of the Aliyah Bet ships that tried to run the British blockade of Palestine. Recently declassified documents, eyewitness accounts and scholars reveal how American ships, crews and financiers played a vital role in undermining British control of Palestine--even though such involvement was contrary to U.S. government policy. In the summer of 1947, this aging Chesapeake Bay steamer took on a cargo of 4,500 Holocaust survivors and steamed for Palestine. After a bloody battle with the British, the immigrants were sent back to Displaced Person camps in Germany. The newsreel and print media seized on Exodus 1947 as a symbol of Jewish struggle and the aborted voyage galvanized international support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. (Restricted to classroom use only)
• Topics: (History: Middle Eastern, Jewish Studies, Political Science: Middle Eastern)

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