Research illegal ship Dora (aliyah bet 1939)

[stansjoke@hotmail.com stansjoke@hotmail.com]

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Dear Sir/ Madam

I am a student at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Currently, I am writing
a master thesis about a Jewish refugee ship named 'the Dora'. This illegal
boat (Aliyah Beth) sailed from Amsterdam (with a stopover in Antwerp on 17
July 1939) to Palestine and arrived on 12 august 1939 in Sheffaym beach. I'm
doing research on the passengers who embarked in Antwerp and on the
organisation of this illegal zionist undertaking (Belgian perspective).

I hope to find more information concerning the contacts between the Belgian
authorities/leaders and the Palestinian, British and Dutch embassies (a lot
of organization on account Dutch Jewish Committee) or other representatives
in the case of the Dora.

Maybe there is also information about the contacts between Belgian Jewish
committees (Belgian Zionist Federation, Jewish relief committees in Antwerp
and Brussels), and the governmental authorities or between different Jewish
organisations (Hagana who organized this trip, HICEM, Mossad l'Aliyah bet,
Joint, Dutch Jewish committees). I already found some documents in a limited
extent in the State Archives in Brussels (only 5 pages).

The only thing I can say is that the Belgian government offered assistance
for this trip, but denied their share towards British emmissaries.

I do not really know who took the leading in this undertaking in Belgium, but
I think Max GOTTSCHALK had a role in this boat trip organisation. Also the
TORCZYNER and KUBOWITSKY families were involved in one way or another.

I'm also searching for databases and information about the places where the
passengers on my ship did the Hachshara. I already saw on the site that there
is a database for training farms in Germany.

I Also found out that some people did their Hachshara in Villers-la-Ville
(Belgium). Because a lot of the passengers on the Dora came to Belgium from
Austria and Poland I'm searching for lists of the hachshara in Poland and
Austria. I think the majority of the passengers did somewhere the hachshara,
but there is big gap in my resources.

I write to you in the hope of finding more information about this ship or to
know where I can find useful database.

I would kindly wish to request more information (all possible data) about
this theme.

Thank you in advance,

With best regards,
Joke Stans
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[Bette Stoop Mas bette_sscf@bellsouth.net]

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Joke Stans in Belgium is writing a master thesis about a Jewish refugee ship
named the Dora and requested more information (all possible data) about this
theme.

An excellent book in the series, Studies in Jewish History, "Escaping the
Holocaust: Illegal Immigration to the Land of Israel, 1939-1944" by Dalia
Ofer (Oxford University Press 1991), provides analysis and insight into the
struggles of the immigrants, the activists and supporters of the movement,
the logistical obstacles, and the political forces working to halt the flow
of refugees.

The Amazon preview includes complete Table of Contents and Index, an
extensive Bibliography and a sample of "List of Boats" in the Appendix. Data
includes name of boat, organizers, port of departure, number of passengers,
land of origin and date of arrival at designated port.

https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Holocaust-Illegal-Immigration-1939-1944/dp/0195063406

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Good luck with your project!
Bette Stoop Mas
USA

[Marjorie Short mjshotstuff@gmail.com]

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See book Clandestine Immigration to Palestine 1938 - 1948 by Paul H Silverstone.
There is a photo of the Dora.

Marjorie Short
Boston , MA

[Paul H. Silverstone paulh2@rcn.com]

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Dear Joke,

My notes on the Dora have little on the Belgian side of this voyage. She
stopped at Vlissingen (Flushing) and then Antwerp, where she picked up about
120 more people, in addition to the about 500 who sailed from Holland.

Dora landed her passengers without being caught. This was the only voyage
with refugees from Western Europe before the war.

I have the statement of an unidentified Polish man who sailed on the ship
from Amsterdam. This is from the British archives.

Paul Silverstone

See my website:
http://paulsilverstone.com/immigration/Primary/Aliyah/ShowShip1A.php?shipno=45&pic=ShipPix/45-2.%20dora%20.jpg&shipname=%3Ci%3EDora%3C/i%3E&rowno=51
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