Jewish DPs who are members of the Migdalor hachshara, a maritime Zionist collective in Fano, Italy, crowd on the deck of a fishing boat.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 63509

Overview

Caption: Jewish DPs who are members of the Migdalor hachshara, a maritime Zionist collective in Fano, Italy, crowd on the deck of a fishing boat.

Among those pictured are Kozik (bottom, left); middle row (right to left): Sevek, unknown, Zucker. and Vladek. Top row (right to left): Daniel Sarchuk, Sigmund Zelig Braun, Eshter Nessel, her mother, unknown, Yaakov Neihof, Patt, Rusha, Zlatka, Karol, Roza, Yidl, Leah Rosenberg, and Chana Beler.
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 DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) FANO FISHERMEN/FISHING GROUP PORTRAITS HACHSHAROT (ZIONIST COLLECTIVES) WOMEN ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Hachsharot -- Italy