Passengers crowd on board the deck of The Exodus.
Overview
- Caption
- Passengers crowd on board the deck of The Exodus.
Among those pictured are Mania Goldband and her mother Esther Tager. - Date
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July 1947
- Locale
- En Route To Palestine/Israel
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Menachem Galon
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Menachem Galon
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Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Mendel Goldband (later Menachem Galon) is the son of Mania Tager and Avraham Goldband. Mania was born in Zamosc, Poland in 1924, and Avraham was born in Lubartov, Poland in 1920. In the late 1930's Avraham moved to Warsaw to pursue job opportunities, but after the start of World War II in September 1939, he fled east. Mania also fled east with her mother, Esther Trager. They eventually both ended up in Krysnoyarsk in Siberia where they met and married. On January 1, 1944 Mania gave birth to Mendel in Krysnoyarsk. At the end of the war, they were repartriated to Poland and then fled to the west where they came to the Foehrenwald displaced person's camp. From there they went to Marseilles during the summer of 1947 where they boarded the President Warfield bound for Palestine. Once at sea, the ship was renamed Exodus 1947. When they arrived in Haifa, British troops forced the refugees on to troop ships and sent them back to France. From there they were taken to the Poppendorf displaced persons' camp in Germany. Mendel and his parents finally immigrated to Israel in August 1948 after it became an independent country and settled in Rishon LeZion. Avraham's parents and two married sisters all perished in the Holocaust as did most of their extended family.
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- 2007-07-03 00:00:00
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