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Jewish refugees wait aboard the Josiah Wedgwood after the British navy fired at the ship.

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    Jewish refugees wait aboard the Josiah Wedgwood after the British navy fired at the ship.
    Jewish refugees wait aboard the Josiah Wedgwood after the British navy fired at the ship. The original caption reads: "The former Canadian corvette Josiah Wedgewood, with 1,300 European Jewish refugees aboard, was captured near here June 27th by British warships after a dramatic attempt to escape authorities and land illegally in Palestine. The refugees, many of whom has spent years in German concentration camps, did not halt their ship until three warning shots were fired from the HMS Haydon, a Bristish Destroyer. Sailing under Panamanian registry, the corvette was spotted seventy-three miles out at sea by aircraft, but the British could not act until attempt was made to enter territorial waters. The Jews were detained at Athlit Clearance camp on the official charge of being a "menace to navigation.""

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    Jewish refugees wait aboard the Josiah Wedgwood after the British navy fired at the ship.

    The original caption reads: "The former Canadian corvette Josiah Wedgewood, with 1,300 European Jewish refugees aboard, was captured near here June 27th by British warships after a dramatic attempt to escape authorities and land illegally in Palestine. The refugees, many of whom has spent years in German concentration camps, did not halt their ship until three warning shots were fired from the HMS Haydon, a Bristish Destroyer. Sailing under Panamanian registry, the corvette was spotted seventy-three miles out at sea by aircraft, but the British could not act until attempt was made to enter territorial waters. The Jews were detained at Athlit Clearance camp on the official charge of being a "menace to navigation.""
    Photographer
    Emil Reynolds
    Date
    June 1946
    Locale
    En Route To Palestine/Israel
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Murray Greenfield

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    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Provenance: Murray Greenfield

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    Biography
    Murray Greenfield grew up in Far Rockaway, NY. During World War II, he served for three years in the United States Merchant Marines. After the end of the war and his discharge from the service, someone approached him at his synagogue and asked if we would be willing to use his maritime experience on behalf of the Jewish people. At a subsequent meeting, he was told that the Haganah was looking for experienced sailors to bring displaced persons to Palestine in defiance of the British blockade. Murray left New York and met his fellow crew in Miami. The ship, The Tradewinds, was a former icebreaker that had been used by the Coast Guard during the at the Italian Riviera. About 1400 displaced persons boarded the Tradewinds, renamed Hatikva (The Hope). Ten days later, a British airplane spotted the ship, and British warships towed it to shore. The passengers were sent to a detention camp in Cyprus. Some American crew members returned home, but Murray decided to stay with the refugees. He then immigrated to Israel, founded the Gefen publishing house and married Czech survivor Hana Lustig in 1956.
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