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

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Aliyah Bet notableShip Struma