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Turkey: How nearly 800 Jewish refugees perished during the Holocaust
Turkey: How nearly 800 Jewish refugees perished during the Holocaust
The country will not be considered truly civilized until it faces its crimes and secures justice for its victims.
(March 8, 2021 / JNS) Feb. 24 marked the 79th anniversary of a Holocaust-era tragedy in which nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania lost their lives in the Black Sea. Their ship, the
Struma, exploded in 1942 following an ill-fated attempt to reach Mandatory Palestine after they were not permitted entry into Turkey, which was then ruled by the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
As Europe’s Jews were being systematically annihilated during the Holocaust, thousands desperately tried to escape the Nazis and reach their ancient homeland, Israel, which was then part of the British Mandate of Palestine.
Translation by Janet MITRANI
It has always been discussed who really was responsible for the Struma ship disaster that had occurred in the Turkish territorial waters, in February of 1942. For exactly 760 Romanian Jews (There had been 769 passengers on the ship departing from Constanța. Eight of these people could with various justifications get out of the ship with the broken engine and set foot on Istanbul, and one could survive this disaster) had been sent to their deaths before the eyes of all the party countries, including Turkey.
Yes, the time was the most intense period of World War II.