“Murder! Sir Harold MacMichael, Known as High Commissioner for Palestine, Wanted for Murder of 800 Refugees Drowned in the Black Sea on the Boat “Struma.”
AUCTION 22 |
Tuesday, January 27th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including Holy Land Maps, Illustrated Books, Photography and Graphic Art from The Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn
Lot 97
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
“Murder! Sir Harold MacMichael, Known as High Commissioner for Palestine, Wanted for Murder of 800 Refugees Drowned in the Black Sea on the Boat “Struma.”
(Palestine): circa 1942
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $700
Sir Harold MacMichael, was the fifth High Commissioner for Palestine from 1938-44. He rigidly implemented the anti-Zionist policy of the 1939 White Paper (see lot above), refusing to admit to Palestine Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe.
The Struma was a ship carrying Jewish refugees from Rumania in February 1942. The British authorities refused to let it land in Palestine. On the ships return to Europe, it foundered in the Black Sea and 770 Jews were killed