Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database
[Documents related to passengers on the S.S. Astir and the schooner Marsis] (ID: 19523)
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Description:
This grouping includes various documents related to individuals who attempted to enter Palestine illegally aboard the S.S. Astir, and later the schooner Marsis (see note below for more information). These documents include Applications for an Order of Deportation (form P.252) and Bonds for appearance (personal recognizance) (form P.228). The grouping also includes notes when individual files were removed.
List Type:
- Government record
- Individual document
List Organized By:
Not Applicable
Generating Agency:
The Palestine Police Force
Document Date:
Between 28 Jun 1939 - 20 Jul 1939
Event Date:
Between 28 Jun 1939 - 1 Jul 1939
Sex:
Male and Female
Language:
English
Persecution Status:
Jew
Nationality:
- Danzig
- Polish
- Stateless
Number of Persons (Est.):
300 - 350
Number of Pages (Exact):
300
Legibility:
Easily Legible Text
Document Format:
Typed and Handwritten
Current Location:
Palestine
Notes:
From JewishGen: On 01-Apr-1939, the steamer Astir arrived at Haifa with 724 passengers who did not have entry permits for Palestine. She had sailed from Varna, Bulgaria, on 06-Mar-1939. Held for 12 days in Haifa, the Astir was forced to sail, without proper provisions. On June 13th the ship was at Piraeus. There, the owners desperate to be rid of their passengers and afraid of the vessel being seized by the British, commandeered the rat-infested schooner Marsis which was towed away to be used for the landing in Palestine. The passengers were transferred to the Marsis off the coast and the Astir sailed away. Police patrols came upon the schooner which was apparently sinking, and rescued the 385 refugees who were taken to Sarafand Camp. The Marsis was sunk by the destroyer Icarus as a menace to navigation.
Keyword:
- Immigration
- Refugee
- Ship
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