Collection of Items Documenting the Illegal Immigrant Ship Exodus, 1947

Collection of Items Documenting the Illegal Immigrant Ship Exodus, 1947
15 photographs, certificates and other printed items documenting the illegal immigrant ship Exodus; arrival in Palestine and deportation of the illegal immigrants to Poppendorf camp in Germany. Palestine and Germany, 1947. Hebrew and English.
1-9. Nine photographs, some for the press, among them: photographs of the struggle of the Exodus illegal immigrants against the British forces; photograph of the ship at sea; photographs of the ship in Haifa port (one photograph by Hans Haim Pinn); photograph of Poppendorf DP camp, Germany, to where the illegal immigrants were deported; and more.
10. Issue 6-7 of the monthly "Palestine and Middle East". Tel-Aviv, June-July 1947. English. Special issue of the monthly dedicated, almost entirely, to the visit of UNSCOP United Nations committee. On the title page and on a number of other pages appear photographs of the illegal immigrant ship.
11. "Broadcast of an Alarm from the Illegal Immigrant Ship!" – special edition of "Hatzofe" newspaper dated 18.7.1947. Single leaf. Update about the British forces taking control over Exodus, call to the UNSCOP committee members to arrive in Haifa and observe the struggle, and an announcement of a general strike for several hours.
12. Exodus 1947, by Daphne Trevor. Published by "Palestine and Middle East", Tel-Aviv, 1947. English. A booklet with seven photographs, telling the story of Exodus.
13-15. Three certificates given to illegal immigrants of Exodus in Poppendorf camp, Germany. The certificates state that "The holder of this… is a Maapil of 'Exodus' 1947; he/she was brought by force to Germany from Haifa and is in exile on his way back to Eretz Israel". Two certificates are filled-in by hand and bear a passport photograph of the holder. The third certificate is blank.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.