![Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita," carrying 850 Jewish refugees, lands on a sandbank off the Tel Aviv coast. [LCID: 13000]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9cf3e0f9-b021-42ac-9627-29cd2098d0f8.jpg "Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Parita,\" carrying 850 Jewish refugees, lands on a sandbank off the Tel Aviv coast. [LCID: 13000]")
El barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Parita", llevando 850 refugiados judíos, atracado en un banco de arena a poca distancia de la costa de Tel Aviv. Los británicos arrestaron los pasajeros y los internaron en el campo de detención de Atlit. Palestina, el 21 de agosto de 1939.
Leer más![Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion reads the declaration of the state of Israel at an official ceremony following the United Nations' ... [LCID: 69760]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9253e27c-6140-4cdd-aa14-56b4fa66db37.jpg "Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion reads the declaration of the state of Israel at an official ceremony following the United Nations' ... [LCID: 69760]")
El primer ministro David Ben-Gurion lee la proclamación del estado de Israel en una ceremonia oficial después de la partición de Palestina por las Naciones Unidas. Tel Aviv, el 14 de mayo de 1948.
Leer más![British soldiers check Jewish refugees from Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Theodor Herzl" before deporting them to detention ... [LCID: 69909]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/aef82f74-fa3f-43c3-85ee-aa43382f8a04.jpg "British soldiers check Jewish refugees from Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Theodor Herzl\" before deporting them to detention ... [LCID: 69909]")
Soldados británicos controlan refugiados judíos del barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Theodor Herzl" antes de deportarlos a campos de detención en Chipre. El puerto de Haifa, Palestina, el 24 de abril de 1947.
Leer más![Refugees on board Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Theodor Herzl" carry bodies (in white shrouds) of two passengers slain ... [LCID: 69190]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/969c4bc6-693d-49ac-ac7d-7e87061aff92.jpg "Refugees on board Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Theodor Herzl\" carry bodies (in white shrouds) of two passengers slain ... [LCID: 69190]")
Refugiados a bordo del barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Theodor Herzl" llevan los cuerpos (en mortajas blancas) de dos pasajeros muertos cuando el barco trató de pasar un bloqueo británico. El puerto de Haifa, Palestina, el 14 de abril de 1947.
Leer más![Refugees crowd the rail of the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Josiah Wedgwood," anchored at the Haifa port. [LCID: 76559]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2af37dd1-8fc4-4d89-a347-61a790ed34ce.jpg "Refugees crowd the rail of the Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Josiah Wedgwood,\" anchored at the Haifa port. [LCID: 76559]")
Refugiados se agolpan alrededor de la baranda del barco de la Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") llamado "Josiah Wedgwood," anclado en el puerto de Haifa. Soldados ingleses transportan a los pasajeros al centro de internamiento Atlit. Palestina, 27 de junio de 1946.
Leer más![A young Jewish refugee, wounded while resisting British soldiers on board the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Knesset Israel, ... [LCID: 69146]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/daf37c47-a2b1-442f-8503-d571c341ed79.jpg "A young Jewish refugee, wounded while resisting British soldiers on board the Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Knesset Israel, ... [LCID: 69146]")
Un joven refugiado judío, herido mientras se resistía a soldados británicos a bordo del barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Knesset Israel", es deportado a un campo de detención en Chipre. El puerto de Haifa, Palestina, el 12 de abril de 1946.
Leer más![Jewish refugee children unfurl the Jewish flag as they arrive at the Haifa port aboard Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship SS ... [LCID: 69701]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/12b5e4be-80a8-4f25-8c34-e4fd936812f7.jpg "Jewish refugee children unfurl the Jewish flag as they arrive at the Haifa port aboard Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship SS ... [LCID: 69701]")
Niños judíos refugiados despliegan la bandera judía al llegar al puerto de Haifa a bordo del barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Franconia". Palestina, septiembre de 1945.
Leer más![Youths with camp numbers tattooed on their arms aboard Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Mataroa," at the Haifa port. [LCID: 69100]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/fd8d3969-4386-4796-8835-b05eb74f60e5.jpg "Youths with camp numbers tattooed on their arms aboard Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Mataroa,\" at the Haifa port. [LCID: 69100]")
Jóvenes con los números de los campos tatuados en los brazos a bordo del barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Mataroa", en el puerto de Haifa. Se les denegó la entrada y fueron deportados a campos de detención en Chipre. Palestina, el 15 de julio de 1945.
Leer más![Eight-year-old Yisrael Meir (Lulek) Lau is held by a fellow Buchenwald survivor, Elazar Schiff, as they arrive in Palestine aboard ... [LCID: 69435]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/3e024464-a5c9-4897-afd0-441921536668.jpg "Eight-year-old Yisrael Meir (Lulek) Lau is held by a fellow Buchenwald survivor, Elazar Schiff, as they arrive in Palestine aboard ... [LCID: 69435]")
Yisrael Meir (Lulek) Lau, de ocho años, abrazado por otro sobreviviente de Buchenwald, Elazar Schiff, mientras llegan a Palestina a bordo del RMS "Mataroa". Haifa, Palestina, el 15 de julio de 1945.
Leer más![Jewish refugee youth sail for Palestine from an Italian port on the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita." [LCID: 86614]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/fb6c9a72-6568-441a-8cab-c9718164d187.jpg "Jewish refugee youth sail for Palestine from an Italian port on the Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Parita.\" [LCID: 86614]")
Refugiados jóvenes judíos zarpan hacia Palestina desde un puerto italiano en el barco de la Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Parita". 1940.
Leer más![The British arrested the passengers of the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita" after they arrived on the Tel Aviv coast ... [LCID: 13005]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/51534852-ce96-4feb-8c86-ebeda7d85864.jpg "The British arrested the passengers of the Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Parita\" after they arrived on the Tel Aviv coast ... [LCID: 13005]")
Los británicos arrestaron a los pasajeros del barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Parita" después que llegaron a la costa de Tel Aviv y los transfirieron en autobuses enjaulados al campo de detención de Atlit. Palestina, el 21 de agosto de 1939.
Leer más![A British policeman (left) organizes the arrest of passengers from the Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita" after they ... [LCID: 13004]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/fcb9c431-5983-4d37-9ce3-ee42fa6b2988.jpg "A British policeman (left) organizes the arrest of passengers from the Aliyah Bet (\"illegal\" immigration) ship \"Parita\" after they ... [LCID: 13004]")
Un policía británico (izquierda) organiza el arresto de los pasajeros del barco de Aliyah Bet (inmigración "ilegal") "Parita"después que desembarcaron cerca de Tel Aviv. Palestina, el 22 de agosto de 1939.
Leer más![The Jewish refugee ship "Pan-York," carrying new citizens to the recently established state of Israel, docks at Haifa. [LCID: 45100]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c623352c-ef23-4f81-adeb-36ba86e4d515.jpg "The Jewish refugee ship \"Pan-York,\" carrying new citizens to the recently established state of Israel, docks at Haifa. [LCID: 45100]")
El barco de refugiados judíos "Pan-York", que lleva nuevos ciudadanos al recientemente establecido estado de Israel, atraca en Haifa. El barco navegó desde el sur de Europa hasta Israel, vía Chipre. Haifa, Israel, 9 de julio de 1948.
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