AP Historical Hard Drive 2009
EN_00947067_5988
22 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, 1939. By the minesweeper H.M.S. Sutton. She was escorted into Haiffa where the captain and crew are awaiting trial for attempting to smuggle refugees into Palestine. Though crowded in misery on the open deck $25 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 (center) was displaced with the great crowd on the steamers??? decks. These ??sBerths??? cost $25 a head. (AP Photo)
13919
Minimum price 50PLN
1939-07-17
ASSOCIATED PRESS/East News
Associated Press
3349646
1,63MB
25cm x 16cm by 300dpi
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