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Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Parita," carrying 850 Jewish refugees, lands on a sandbank off the Tel Aviv coast. [LCID: 13000]
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Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship Parita

The Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship Parita, carrying 850 Jewish refugees, lands on a sandbank off the Tel Aviv coast. The British arrested the passengers and interned them at Atlit detention camp. Palestine, August 21, 1939.

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