Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

From Plaszow, Meir Eldar was transferred to Auschwitz, Bobrek, Buchenwald and Spaichingen, from where he was finally liberated.
In April, 1945, the surviving prisoners were force march through the Allgäu Alps, expecting to be shot there; many prisoners, sick and exhausted, died en route, while some managed to escape.
Meir Eldar, age 20-year, sought safety in the baggage car, waiting for the American troops who where already near Trauchgau.

 

From Plaszow, Meir Eldar was transferred to Auschwitz, Bobrek, Buchenwald and Spaichingen, from where he was finally liberated.
In April, 1945, the surviving prisoners were force march through the Allgäu Alps, expecting to be shot there; many prisoners, sick and exhausted, died en route, while some managed to escape.
Meir Eldar, age 20-year, sought safety in the baggage car, waiting for the American troops who where already near Trauchgau.

 

In early 1944, the Nazis selected 2,000 prisoners from Plaszow, including Meir Eldar, to work at Auschwitz, where they were awakened each day at dawn, in Block 6, to work as slaves at a nearby factory.

From Plaszow, Meir Eldar was transferred to Auschwitz, Bobrek, Buchenwald and Spaichingen, from where he was finally liberated.
In April, 1945, the surviving prisoners were force march through the Allgäu Alps, expecting to be shot there; many prisoners, sick and exhausted, died en route, while some managed to escape.
Meir Eldar, age 20-year, sought safety in the baggage car, waiting for the American troops who where already near Trauchgau.

 

Yehuda Sela Harry Silverman cites "Bezalel Drori and several partisans went over to the "Akbel" and convinced the Turkish captain that it was worth his while to fulfill his part of the bargain that had been made with him. We then started the transfer of the passengers. At the same time, some carpentry work was done on the Akbel so that it would be able to take on so many people. It soon became clear that the vessel was not equipped with everything that the captain had said it was, and that the ship was in very bad condition. All the immigrants were transferred to the Akbel which was now renamed "Haganah Ship Biria."

Yehuda Sela Harry Silverman cites "Bezalel (Drori) sent out an SOS. A British warship, the "Virago," answered our call. She asked what the ship needed, and we answered her that we needed to be towed to Haifa. The ship turned and sailed off but returned in the middle of the night and then turned away again. When we entered the territorial waters of Palestine the British confiscated the ship.'

Bezalel Drori cites in his report: “We had two motor launches which could be used in an emergency if we had to make for land. They were lowered into the water. At the same time, the little Turkish vessel “Akbel” approached us. This was the vessel that we would transfer the passengers to."

Bezalel Drori served as Palyam Commander, and he had no other Palyamniks or Gidoni, wireless radio operator, with him, aboard Beriah ביריה Akbel,when she sailed from Sète.

On June 21, 1946, Meir Eldar sailed on Beriah ביריה Akbel, from Sète for Palestine.

Meir Eldar served in the Chish Haifa Unit, and was transferred to Palyam 10th Company.

In April, 1948, Meir Eldar served in the Palyam 10th Company, opening the road to Jerusalem ירושלים from Shaar Hagai, and conquered San Simon Greek Monastery, uniting kibbutz Ramat Rachel with Jerusalem ירושלים.

Meir Eldar worked in the Settlement Separtment of the Jewish Agency.