would never see his parents again for him the trip was a great adventure. resorted the log is in harbor from shift missing the land from the ship it was like a dream and in. it was the dream. during the nazi period two hundred thousand european jews fled to palestine it was their only hope almost all other borders were close to them by nine hundred thirty nine palestine s jewish population had tripled. shimon first went to tel aviv it was a modern city that reminded him of the land. founded in one thousand and nine it was a piece of europe in the middle east administered by the british. both jews and arabs were officially stateless both soldier islam as the holy site. for the jews it was
palestine they themselves had vanished for him europe was a jewish graveyard. imad survivors of the camps it may seem as if it is more dead than alive. into the liberated bergen belsen concentration camps the british set up a displaced persons camp a d.p. camp for those left homeless. it was a new start for esther eyes and. the sixteen year old from poland was the only one of her family to survive on for it s . now she was slowly relearning what it meant to live without fear. today she uses the dreadful experiences of her youth and her art. to understand the history of israel we also have to listen to people like esther eyes and their memories the longing for a jewish home the hope for the future. ate it see it out there you only caught
from europe but many of the attempts failed in july nine hundred forty seven the british captured the ship that would go down in history as the exodus nineteen thirty seven. four and a half thousand would be jewish immigrants were sent back to the country of the perpetrators germany. as the eyes and was supposed to be one of the passengers by chance she remained at the bergen belsen d.p. camp where she met the love of her life. for esther. love was the miracle that made them believe in the future again together in israel. they all the time he asked me to marry him shortly afterwards we married in bergen belsen exactly one day before the u.n. voted on the partition of palestine in november forty seven. and. now.
i was young and had enough strength to fight for my life i mean the heart i knew sorry i told myself i m the last of my family the only survivor of a. i thought that it was my job to continue but i had no choice it was pure survival instinct. there was no other way i had to go on living. but when. estan in europe would never be her home again. she could only stay. and over in the jewish country. but the waiting list for palestine was long. three hundred thousand jews in germany demanded to be allowed to travel to palestine there were protests in the d.p. camps. and in television jews took to the streets calling for unrestricted integration for the survivors of the nazi genocide. but the british
the most influential arab nationalists the grand mufti is the religious head of the arabs in palestine and their chief judge and financial of his will the british persecutory him for his nationalist stance and put a price of twenty five thousand pounds on his head a risky route via italy brought him to germany you know until you but you die you not touch up. in the same year nine hundred forty one she won by nine then sixteen years old join the british army that s it and it s often it wasn t a matter of revenge we wanted to show that jews can defend themselves to show that we can also fight and we thought we have to give up. many jews felt like shimon simony that the british set up a special formation the jewish brigade with five thousand soldiers. she was unit. forth in europe and italy belgium and holland. then the war ended and she won