the launching of the largest secret rescue movement of all time
Aliav, Ruth
1973
Their mission: to organize the escape of thousands of men, women, and children before WWII closed all borders and Europe's Jews faced Hitler's "Final Solution" - annihilation.
The author relates the tremendous obstacles involved in the rescue of European Jews who were being secretly and illegally transported to Palestine on the ship "Hilda" to escape destruction by the Nazis.
