The People on the Beach: Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust

by Rosie Whitehouse

Book Overview

One summer's night in 1946, over 1,000 European Jews waited silently on an Italian beach to board a secret ship. They had survived Auschwitz, hidden and fought in forests and endured death marches--now they were taking on the Royal Navy, running the British blockade of Palestine.

From Eastern Europe to Israel via Germany and Italy, Rosie Whitehouse follows in the footsteps of those secret passengers, uncovering their extraordinary stories--some...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787383776
• ISBN13: 9781787383777
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"