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The odyssey of the ship with three names : smuggling arms into Israel and the rescue of Jewish refugees in the Balkans in 1948
- Title
- The odyssey of the ship with three names : smuggling arms into Israel and the rescue of Jewish refugees in the Balkans in 1948 / Renato Barahona.
- Author
- Barahona, Renato, 1944-
- Publication
- Reno, Nevada : Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, [2014]
- ©2013
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS126.4 .B355 2014 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 250 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Singular history of the S.S. Kefalos, a tramp steamer crewed mainly by exiled Spanish Republicans that, among its many lives, transported arms and refugees from Mexico and the Balkans to the fledging state of Israel after World War II"--
- Series Statement
- Occasional papers series / Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno ; no. 23
- Uniform Title
- Occasional papers series (University of Nevada, Reno. Center for Basque Studies) ; no. 23.
- Subject
- Kefalos 1917-1948 (Ship)
- Haganah (Organization) > History
- Palmaḥ. Palyam
- Since 1900
- Jews > Palestine > History > 1945-
- Jewish refugees > Palestine > History > 20th century
- Illegal arms transfers > Palestine > History > 20th century
- Holocaust survivors > Palestine
- Jewish refugees > Israel > History > 20th century
- Jewish refugees > Balkan Peninsula > History > 20th century
- Illegal arms transfers > Israel > History > 20th century
- Illegal arms transfers > Mexico > History > 20th century
- Historic ships > History > 20th century
- Emigration and immigration
- Historic ships
- Holocaust survivors
- Illegal arms transfers
- Jewish refugees
- Jews
- Jewish refugees > Eretz Israel > History
- Aliyah Bet (1933-1948)
- Illegal arms transfers > Israel
- Palestine > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century
- Mexico
- Israel
- Balkan Peninsula
- Middle East > Palestine
- Eretz Israel > History, Military > 1917-1948, British Mandate period
- Eretz Israel > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-234) and index.
- Contents
- The rust-bucket -- Oko and Gladys: two lives intertwined -- Tampico and arms -- The crew and the long voyage to Tel Aviv -- Neapolitan interlude: preparing for a new mission -- Rescues of refugees: the Balkans and their aftermath -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9781935709527
- 1935709526
- LCCN
- 2014014314
- OCLC
- ocn877077897
- 877077897
- SCSB-14499178
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library