Back to search results

Death on the Black Sea

Enlarge text Shrink text
Frantz, Douglas
  • Book

Recounts the story of the refugee ship "Struma", which departed from Constanţa, Romania in December 1941 with the aim of bringing Jews who were fleeing from the Nazis to Palestine. The ship was held up in the Black Sea, and then torpedoed in February 1942. Ca. 800 people died; the sole survivor was David Stoliar. The account is presented in the context of Nazi-occupied Europe, Britain's closure of Palestine to Jewish immigration, Turkey's anti-Jewish attitudes, and the USSR's desire to control the Black Sea. Romanian antisemitism was the impetus that drove the "Struma" passengers to flee and seek refuge. A descendant of one of the drowned passengers found the site of the sunken ship and a memorial ceremony was held there. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Title Death on the Black Sea : the untold story of the Struma and World War II's Holocaust at sea / Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins.
Contributors Collins, Catherine
Publisher New York : Ecco
Creation Date c2003
Content pt. 1. The coming cataclysm -- pt. 2. Holocaust at sea -- pt. 3. Istanbul intrigues -- pt. 4. After the sinkng.
Extent xvi, 352 p., [8] pages of plates : ill., facsims., map, ports
24 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990023089010205171

תנאי השימוש:

Prohibition of copying

It may be prohibited to copy and use of the item for purposes of reproduction, publication, distribution, public performance, broadcasting, dissemination via the internet or by any other means, and creating a derivative work of the item (for example, translation, modification or adaptation) in any form or by any means, including digital or analog media, without prior agreement of the copyright owner and/or the owner of the collection.

To check the use of an item, please complete the Inquiry for Copyright form.

Additional information: The item may be subject to copyright and/or terms of agreement.

If you believe that there is an error in the information above, or in case of any concern of copyright infringement in connection with this item, contact us using the Inquiry for Copyright form.

MARC RECORDS
Tags

Have more information? Found a mistake?

More on this subject

Memorandum on the sinking of the refugee ship "Struma" and similar incidents.
Book
Batılıların kirli yüzü : Struma / Çetin Yetkin.

Çetin Yetkin 1939-

Book
Struma : periplul pierzaniei : reconstituirea istorica în perspectiva celor 58 ani care s-au scurs de la neuitata tragedie / Touvia Carmely.

Touvia Carmely 1930-

Book
Save the honour of civilization! / Simion Saveanu.

Simion Săveanu

Book

This may also interest you

Who Is the Empty Chair at the Passover Seder Intended for?

Who Is the Empty Chair at the Passover Seder Intended for?

While we all sit, as we do every year, at the Seder table, while we sing, ask questions, read the Haggadah and enjoy the holiday meal, hundreds of families among us will not be able to do this. Their holiday spirit, their joy, their loved ones were taken from them.  Their loved ones were kidna

To the article on our blog
Let’s Raise a Glass for Miriam the Prophetess

Let’s Raise a Glass for Miriam the Prophetess

As opposed to the Passover Haggadah, the Jewish Midrash tells us of the significant role played by Miriam the Prophetess in the Exodus from Egypt. Every Passover we are told of the Children of Israel’s journey from slavery to freedom, but it often goes unmentioned that Miriam the Prophetess, sister

To the article on our blog
World War II

World War II

World War II was the most destructive and deadly war in human history. The war officially began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Although the invasion of Poland is commonly seen as the first act of war, Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria and its occupation of Czechoslovakia i

More on this subject