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November 1, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30263820071031

Jews Re-enact Voyage of "Exodus" from Europe after Sixty Years

[Reuters] A boat sailed from Cyprus on Wednesday with 300 Jewish passengers aboard in a symbolic re-enactment of an attempt by European Jews to reach what was then British-run Palestine 60 years ago. The story of the "Exodus," intercepted by the British in 1947, helped draw world attention to the efforts of Jews to flee Europe after the World War Two Nazi Holocaust and became an important episode in the founding of the State of Israel. The original "Exodus," which had sailed from a port near Marseille, was stopped by British forces and towed to Haifa, where would-be immigrants were forced onto deportation ships and sent back to Europe.

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