From Stockholm to Eretz Israel with the banner "The Germans destroyed our families and homes, don’t you destroy our hopes”.

White Boat story - Ratzon group from Norrköping on the way to Eretz Israel moved first to Chateau de Boneffe in Belgium. Later they tried to enter Erets Israel as Maapilim on Theodor Herzl's ship. British took them to the detention camp in Cyprus. The photograph is taken at the arrival at the "summer camp" with tents, a kind of British "Chateau de Cyprus".

White Boat story - This week in 1945 several members of the Ratzon group* arrived on the White Boat SS Kastelholm to Stockholm. The last German camp they were imprisoned at was Bergen-Belsen.

In August 1946 the Ratzon group from Norrköping on the way to Eretz Israel moved first to Chateau de Boneffe in Belgium. Probably a flight from Stockholm. In April 1947 they left Belgium on a special chartered train to the port of Sete in France. Later they tried to enter Erets Israel as Maapilim on Theodor Herzl's ship. British took them to the detention camp in Cyprus. The photograph above was taken at the arrival at the "summer camp" with tents, a kind of British "Chateau de Cyprus".

* "Ratzon" was a Danish-Swedish group as several members fled to Sweden in October 1943. Most of the girls arrived in Sweden during the White Boat mission in June-July 1945.

Field Hospital, most probably in Sigtuna. Member of Ratzon Dora Ringer is first on the left.

Ratzon group members with HeHaluz flag

Arkösund, 50 km east of Norrköping on the Baltic coast

Arkösund, 50 km east of Norrköping on the Baltic coast

Arkösund, 50 km east of Norrköping on the Baltic coast

Sweden - most probably Norrköping

Chateau de Boneffe, Belgium.

Haifa

Haifa

Cyprus - "Swedish" girls within the group.

Ruchla and Malka were twins. born 1920. Their younger sister was Fajgla born 1924. All of them were from Krakow close to Oswiecim where Dora R. was born.

I found the son of Dora (Deborah) who wrote: אמי ואבי יצאו משבדיה למיטב ידיעתי במטוס לבלגיה, שם שהו מספר חודשים בטירה שהוסבה למחנה עקורים, משם הם יצאו ברכבת לנמל סט בצרפת ועלו על תאודור הרצל

From Stockholm to Eretz Israel with the banner "The Germans destroyed our families and homes, don’t you destroy our hopes”.

The vessel with the Survivors of the Holocaust set sail on April 2nd, 1947, from the port of Sete, France, carrying 2,641 Ma’apilim. On April 13th the ship was caught by the British navy. One of the most severe battles of the Aliya Bet operation took place between the Ma’apilim and the British soldiers, in the course of which, three Ma’apilim were killed by gunfire. The wounded and the sick were interned in the Atlit detention camp, next to Hajfa while all the others were deported to Cyprus. T