Jewish DPs look over the bow of their newly constructed fishing boat at the Migdalor hachshara, a maritime Zionist collective in Fano, Italy.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 63501

Overview

Caption: Jewish DPs look over the bow of their newly constructed fishing boat at the Migdalor hachshara, a maritime Zionist collective in Fano, Italy.

Among those pictured from right to left are: Yitzhak Goldhammer, Laufer, Kotzchik, Yuzek Kempler, Sevek and Patt.
Date: 1945 - 1948
Locale: Fano, Italy
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Rony Golan
Event History: Migdalor (literally, Lighthouse) was a maritime hachshara (Zionist collective) established by Jewish DPs in Fano, Italy, where young Jewish men and women were trained in the construction and operation of small fishing vessels in preparation for immigration to Palestine. With the help of a Yugoslav expert and Italian instructors, members of the hachshara constructed a fishing boat they named Harishona (The First), which they later sailed to Palestine.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005462.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Rony Golan

Keyword: BOATS CLOSE-UPS DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) FANO FISHERMEN/FISHING GROUP PORTRAITS HACHSHAROT (ZIONIST COLLECTIVES) ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Hachsharot -- Italy