 On the attempted arrival of some of the first European Jewish refugees into Palestine in 1947
Sixty years ago, American journalist Ruth Gruber stood on a dock in Palestine as the broken ship Exodus 1947 carried 4,500 European Jewish refugees into harbour. Her historic articles and photographs introduced the world to the survivors of the Holocaust. Author of seventeen books, Ruth Gruber’s extensive career, beginning in the 1930s, includes voyages into Alaska, the Soviet Arctic, and war-torn Palestine and Europe. Ruth tells Jane why, at 96, she has hardly slowed down, bearing witness, speaking bluntly, and inspiring people to action.
'Exodus 1947 : The Ship That Launched A Nation' by Ruth Gruber, Union Square Press. 1999, 2007. ISBN -13: 978-1-4027-5228-5.
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