life after the holocaust

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On April 11 American forces freed Buchenwald. One of the oldest concentration camps in the Nazi system, it held more than 238,000 prisoners . During its 8 years of existence, 43,000 were killed. 4 days latter British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen, where they found 13,000 corpses (bodies) and 58,000 prisoners mostly Jews were still alive but in critical condition. On may 8 when the war in Europe was officialt over ,The Soviets troops also liberated the camp/ghetto at Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, and they found 19,000 prisoners alive.

video : 

video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9GzQc2s6o

One of the first things the Allies did was assure that survivors got enough to eat : 

Here is a truckload of bread is distributed to survivors at Dachau. Tragically, many former prisoners, after months of malnourishment, overate to the point of death. They had gone so long without food that the heavy eating overloaded their digestive systems and killed them. One of the first things the Allies did was assure that survivors got enough to eat

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Three Ebensee, Austria, survivors suck on sugar cubes, hoping to gain enough organic strength to eat solid food.

UNRRA and DPs : 

UNRRA and DPs The UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) was responsible for the 11 million of people who remained out of their home countries , a large number of them where Jewish. The allies classified the refugees as DPs Displace persons. Liberation left the Jewish survivors less than free, most were in poor health Jews found some relative and friends a live ,but others were struck with the news that loved ones had perish. Most Jews wanted to escape after the war ended in 1945 , hoping to reach other countries including the US, but they found restrictions rather than open doors. NOTE St.louis(just in cse) http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleId=10005267&MediaId=3544

DP camps : 

DP camps DP camps were never healthy places .President Truman send Earl G. Harrison (dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School), to investigative ,he report as fallowing "Beyond knowing that they are no longer in danger of the gas chambers, …" he wrote, the Jewish DPs could see so little change in their situations that they were left to "wonder and frequently ask what 'liberation' means."

IRO : 

IRO Because of problems with the UNRRA in 1947 ,a new organization (IRO) International Refugee Organization took over. The Jews represented a serious problem for the (IRO) They did not want to return to the homes they had before the war , some Jews were in fact murders when they return back to their homes in Poland. The problem was complicated because many countries refused to let them in . A large number of Jewish survivors wanted to go to Palestine (Israel), but the British were against such immigrations and allow less than 100,000 to enter .

clandestine voyages : 

clandestine voyages Through the illegal activities of the Haganah the (Jewish underground organization), the Jews were able to undertake clandestine voyages to Palestine from 1945 to 1948. Making their way over mountains and under cover to Europe's coasts ,the Jewish families got into unstable ships . Discovery meant arrest. Despite the risks, 64 ships delivered over 70,000 people to Palestine beaches. 50,000 were stopped and taken to British detention camps on the island of Cyprus.

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WeJew Jewish Video Sharing Megasite - Exodus Three-Hour Movie Part 1 Of 3

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The real Ari Ben Canaan Yossi Harel, who was the commander of the ship “Exodus” died at the age of 90.  His heroic tale was made famous by Leon Uris’ novel “Exodus” and then by Otto Preminger’s 1960 film of the same name.

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Right: A British soldier forces Jewish children to disembark from the “Exodus 1947 “ in July 1947. Left: British soldiers remove Jewish refugees from the ship "Exodus 1947." The passengers are deported back to Europe. Haifa Palestine, July 20, 1947.

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overtaken by the British , but finally got home . The banner read in Hebrew, "Keep the gates open--we are not the last."

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Here, some of Josiah Wedgewood's passengers dance the hora on the ship's deck.

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The illegal immigrant ship Theodor Herzl arrived in Haifa, Palestine, in 1947. The banner reads: "The Germans destroyed our families....Don't you destroy our hopes."

the British finally gave in. : 

the British finally gave in. Unable to halt the exodus of Europe's Jews, the British finally gave in. By the early 1950s, some 250,000 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust had lived in the Allies' postwar DP camps while waiting to emigrate. Eventually, they found new homes: 142,000 went to Israel, 72,000 to the United States, 16,000 to Canada, 8000 to Belgium, 2000 to France, 1000 to Britain, and about 10,000 to Latin America and elsewhere

In favor: 33 : 

In favor: 33 Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Byelorussian S.S.R., Canada, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Iceland, Liberia, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Sweden, Ukrainian S.S.R., Union of South Africa, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Uruguay, Venezuela.

13 Against: : 

13 Against: Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen.

10 Abstained: : 

10 Abstained: Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

Israel :the Birth of a new country : 

Israel :the Birth of a new country May 14 1948

Israel war of independence : 

Israel war of independence In may 14,1948 with 33 votes the new state of Israel is reborn. Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria attacked the state of Israel Within hours, two Egyptian Air Force bombed Tel-Aviv One of them was shot down and its pilot taken prisoner. The war was marked by long periods of fighting . Finally, the fighting officially ended in January 1949, at which Israel held the 5,600 square miles given to them by the UN partition plan plus an addition 2,500 square miles. Transjordan held the eastern sector of Jerusalem and the West Bank and Egypt held the Gaza Strip.

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israel 1967 6-day war

main sourcehttp://www.holocaustchronicle.org : 

main sourcehttp://www.holocaustchronicle.org http://www.ushmm.org/ http://cinemascopian.com/2008/04/27/the-real-ari-ben-canaan-dies/ http://palmtreeofdeborah.blogspot.com/2010/04/modern-state-of-israel.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9GzQc2s6o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol_FOXTwX88 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3HoAhitiog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0UP6GG3_r4