3. Struma

Question 1

What happened in the 12th of December 1941?

Answer 1

Struma sailed to Constanza in Romania with 769 Jewish refugees

Question 2

When did the Struma sailed to Constanza in Romania with 769 Jewish refugees?

Answer 2

12th December 1941

Question 3

Why did Jews need to escape from Romania?

Answer 3

German ally who was turning its Jewish population over to Hitler’s SS

Question 4

Which German ally who was turning its Jewish population over to Hitler’s SS?

Answer 4

Romania

Question 5

Who was the vessel commissioned by?

Answer 5

New Zionist organisation

Irgun

Question 6

What did the New Zionist organisation and Irgun do?

Answer 6

Commissioned the Struma

Question 7

What was the objective of the Struma?

Answer 7

Anchor in Turkey and from there await immigration certificates for Palestine

Question 8

Once in Turkey what did the Struma plan to do

Answer 8

Await immigration certificates for Palestine

Question 9

How long did the ship sail for?

Answer 9

3 days

Question 10

Where did the engine die?

Answer 10

Istanbul

Question 11

What happened three days after the ship set sail in Istanbul?

Answer 11

The engine died

Question 12

Why did the Turkish government not help the ship when the engine died

Answer 12

Fear that the British would not give them certificates in Turkey will be forced to give them refuge

Question 13

Out of fear of not giving the passengers citizenship what did the Turkish government do?

Answer 13

Didn’t allow the disembarkation of the passengers

Question 14

How long did the ship remain docked in Istanbul?

Answer 14

70 days

Question 15

What happened for 70 days?

Answer 15

Ship remained docked in Istanbul

Question 16

Why did the British refuse to give the passengers citizenship?

Answer 16

Keeping in terms of the 1939 white paper

Question 17

What was the impact of the 1939 white paper?

Answer 17

Prevented the British from giving the Jews citizenship

Question 18

What did the Turks not allow the Jews to do to the broken ship?

Answer 18

They didn’t allow them to repair the engine

Question 19

Who gave appeals to the Turkish government to help them fix the engine?

Answer 19

The captain of the ship

Question 20

What did the captain of the ship say?

Answer 20

The ship was unable to continue on his way

Question 21

What happened on the 23rd of February 1942?

Answer 21

Turkish authorities sent the ship back to the Black Sea

Question 22

When did the Turkish authorities send the ship to the Black Sea?

Answer 22

The 23rd of February 1942

Question 23

What happened on the 24th of February 1942

Answer 23

An explosion was heard and the ship went down

Question 24

When was the explosion heard and the ship went down

Answer 24

24th of February 1942

Question 25

Much later what was determined that sunk the ship?

Answer 25

A torpedo from a Russian submarine

Question 26

What was the impact of the torpedo from a Russian submarine?

Answer 26

Caused the ship to sink

Question 27

How many passengers survived

Answer 27

One

Question 28

Out of all the passengers who died how many were children

Answer 28

103

Question 29

What happened to 103 children

Answer 29

Died

Question 30

How did the Zionist see the sinking of the Struma?

Answer 30

Proof that the British were on untrustworthy

Question 31

Who was seen as responsible?

Answer 31

Harold MacMichael, high commission in Palestine | Lord Moyne, Colonial secretary

Question 32

What were Harold MacMichael, high commission in Palestine and Lord Moyne, Colonial secretary seen as?

Answer 32

In the eyes of Zionists they were seen as responsible

Question 33

What happened in November 1944

Answer 33

An attempt on Lord Moynes life by Jewish terrorist group Lehi

Question 34

What did LEHI Do in November 1944?

Answer 34

Attempted to kill Lord Moynes life

Question 35

When was there an attempt on Lord Moynes life by Jewish terrorist group Lehi?

Answer 35

November 1944

Question 36

Who was Lord Moyne a close friend of?

Answer 36

Winston Churchill

Question 37

What had been happening since 1943

Answer 37

Churchill had the working on a revision of the 1939 white paper

Question 38

From what year was Churchill working on a revision of the 1939 white paper

Answer 38

Since 1943

Question 39

What did Churchill say after hearing about the assassination attempt on Moynes

Answer 39

“If our dreams for Zionism are to end in the smoke up and assassins pistol and I’ll labour for its future to produce only a set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Germany, many like myself will have to reconsider the position we have maintained so consistently in the past

Question 40

Who said: “If our dreams for Zionism are to end in the smoke up and assassins pistol and I’ll labour for its future to produce only a set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Germany, many like myself will have to reconsider the position we have maintained so consistently in the past”?

Answer 40

Lord Moynes