Four crew members of the Pan Cresent (Atzmaut) pose in a room below deck.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 64283

Overview

Caption: Four crew members of the Pan Cresent (Atzmaut) pose in a room below deck.

Pictured from left to right are Chaim Goldis, a Romanian engineer Katz and Gad Lifshitz. Pictured in front is Berchik Lifshitz (Dov Magan). Goldis and Gad Lifshitz were radio operators and Dov Magan was the ship's commander. They also belonged to the Palyam, the naval branch of the Palmach. Goldis was a platoon leader and killed near Hulda at the end of March, 1948.
Date: Circa November 1947
Locale: Constanta, [Dobruja; Constanta] Romania
Variant Locale: Constanza
Constantsa
Kustendje
Konstanca
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Avi Livney

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Avi Livney

Keyword: ALIYAH BET (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION) CLOSE-UPS CREWS (SHIP) GOLDIS, CHAIM GROUP PORTRAITS HAGANAH/PALMACH INTERIORS PALYAM (PALMACH YAM) SHIPS SHIPS (ATZMAUT)
Photo Designation: JEWISH REFUGEES: IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL -- Refugee Ships (1945-1949) -- Other Ships -- Atzmaut/Kibbutz Galuyot