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Aliyah Bet — Photograph

Youths with camp numbers tattooed on their arms aboard Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Mataroa," at the Haifa port. They were denied entry and were deported to Cyprus detention camps. Palestine, July 15, 1945.

Youths with camp numbers tattooed on their arms aboard Aliyah Bet ("illegal" immigration) ship "Mataroa," at the Haifa port. They were denied entry and were deported to Cyprus detention camps. Palestine, July 15, 1945.

— American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee



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