Refugees on Deck of S.S. Atratto

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.368

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

9-19-1939

Files

Description

Front: Many men on deck of the Atratto. Back: Associated Press release attached.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Associated Press release attached to wire photo verso: "From London. 200 ton steamer arrested off Palestine with 400 refugees aboard after a month at sea. With 401 Men, women and children huddled on the upper deck with cattle and poultry, the Greek-manned Panama steamer Atratto was arrested inside territorial waters off Jaffa, Palestine, on July 17, by the Minesweeper H.M.S. Sutton. She was escorted into Haiffa where the captain and cr[ew] are awaiting trial for attempting to smuggle refugees into Palestine. Though crow[d]ed in misery on the open deck 25 pounds was the cost of the passage into Palestine, the fee not including bedding or food. Associated Press photo shows: the crowded decks of the S.S. Atratto, showing that even the lifeboat (Ventre) was displaced with the great crowd on the steamers' decks. These 'berths' cost 25 pounds a head."

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 6 1/2"

Keywords

refugees Palestine Jaffa Mosad Le-Aliyah Bet British Minesweeper H.M.S. Sutton British navy British White Paper S.S. Atrato boat

Subcollection

Post

Recommended Citation

"Refugees on Deck of S.S. Atratto" (1939). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.368.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/624