Exodus 1947

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Exodus 1947 was a famous post–World War II immigrant ship that attempted to bring Holocaust survivors to British-controlled Palestine, becoming a powerful symbol of Jewish refugee struggles and the push for Israeli statehood.

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Label Occurrences
Exodus 1947 canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf immigrant ship ⓘ
refugee ship ⓘ
ship ⓘ
symbol of Jewish refugee struggles ⓘ
builtIn United States ⓘ
builtYear 1928 ⓘ
commemoratedBy books ⓘ
films ⓘ
museums ⓘ
conflictWith British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
countryOfRegistry Panama ⓘ
crewComposition Jewish and American volunteers ⓘ
crewCount around 35 ⓘ
departureCountry France ⓘ
departureDate 1947-07-11 ⓘ
departurePort Sète ⓘ
deportationCountry France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
deportedTo Hamburg ⓘ
Port-de-Bouc ⓘ
destination Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
fate eventually scrapped ⓘ
influenced United Nations Special Committee on Palestine deliberations ⓘ
intendedLandingArea coast of Palestine near Tel Aviv ⓘ
interceptedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
interceptionDate 1947-07-18 ⓘ
interceptionLocation international waters off the coast of Palestine ⓘ
involvedIn Aliyah Bet ⓘ
length approximately 330 feet ⓘ
notableFor attempt to bring Holocaust survivors to Palestine despite British restrictions ⓘ
operatedBy Haganah ⓘ
Mossad LeAliyah Bet ⓘ
linked to: Haganah
operationalPeriod 1947 ⓘ
originalName President Warfield ⓘ
originalUse Chesapeake Bay excursion steamer ⓘ
passengersCount over 4500 ⓘ
passengersType Holocaust survivors ⓘ
Jewish refugees ⓘ
propulsion steam ⓘ
relatedEvent British White Paper on Palestine ⓘ
resultedIn criticism of British Palestine policy ⓘ
forced return of refugees to Europe ⓘ
increased sympathy for Zionist cause ⓘ
international outcry ⓘ
widespread media coverage ⓘ
symbolOf Jewish struggle for a homeland ⓘ
post-Holocaust Jewish displacement ⓘ
push for creation of the State of Israel ⓘ
usedFor illegal immigration to Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
transporting Holocaust survivors ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aliyah Bet → notableShip → Exodus 1947 ⓘ
Ha’apalah → notableShip → Exodus 1947 ⓘ