Struma

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Struma was a Romanian ship whose tragic 1942 sinking in the Black Sea, while carrying Jewish refugees trying to reach Palestine, became a symbol of the desperate and often doomed attempts to escape the Holocaust.

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Struma canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf refugee ship
ship
alsoKnownAs MV Struma
attackedBy Soviet Navy
builtIn United Kingdom
builtYear 1867
carried Jewish refugees
causeOfSinking torpedo attack
commemoratedBy memorials in Israel
memorials in Romania
conditionAtVoyage poor mechanical condition
countryOfRegistry Romania
departedFrom Constanța
departedFromCountry Romania
destination Mandatory Palestine
detainedInPort Istanbul
detentionDurationApprox about 10 weeks
engineStatusInIstanbul inoperable
flagAtTimeOfVoyage Panama
historicalSignificance major maritime disaster involving Holocaust refugees
notableSurvivor David Stoliar
numberOfCrewOnBoardApprox around 10
numberOfPeopleOnBoardApprox around 780
numberOfRefugeesOnBoardApprox around 769
operatedAs civilian ship
operatedIn Black Sea
originalUse cattle transport ship
propulsionType steamship
refugeesDeniedEntryBy British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
Turkish authorities
routeContext illegal immigration to Mandatory Palestine
sankDuring World War II
the Holocaust
linked to: Holocaust
sankIn Black Sea
sinkingDate 1942-02-24
sinkingYear 1942
stoppedAt Istanbul
stoppedAtCountry Turkey
sunkBy Soviet submarine Shch-213
survivorsCount 1
symbolOf desperate attempts to escape the Holocaust
tragedy of Jewish refugees during World War II
towedOutDate 1942-02-23
towedOutFrom Istanbul
towedOutTo Black Sea
usedFor attempted emigration to Palestine
transporting Jewish refugees
victimsCountApprox around 779
voyageCharacterization overcrowded and unsafe

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Aliyah Bet notableShip Struma
Ha’apalah notableShip Struma