אניב Annukov Анюков Aniv, Levi Анюков

Birth Name אניב Annukov Анюков Aniv, Levi Анюков
Birth Name Анюков
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1923   Levi Anukov was born in Caucasus კავკასია, Georgia საქართველო

 
Aliyah 1928   Levi Anukov Анюков left Georgia საქართველო, with his mother and brother

Event Note

Levi Anukov Анюков, with his mother and brother, landed at Yafo יפו, and travelled by horse carriage to Rishon leZion ראשון לציון, where his father had come, in 1925, as an illegal immigrant.
The family later moved to Benyamina בנימינה.

 
Military Service   הגנה Haganah Levi Aniv became a member of a Signaling Unit

 
Military Service 1942 פלוגת הנמל Harbor Platoon‎, פלמ"ח, הגנה  

Event Note

In 1942, Levi Aniv joined the Shore Patrol, a police unit set up by the Mandatory Government,to patrol the coast and prevent an invasion.
Levi Aniv cites: "The Jewish members of the Shore Patrol manned several points along the shore near Nahariya in the north, and Nachal Shorek in the south, and Arab policemen were stationed at other points."
"We were stationed at the mouth of the Crocodile River, not far from the village of Jiser-a-Zarka. There were 30 of us manning three different stations. Our sergeant was Yisachar Shadmi of Sdot Yam."

 
Military Service   פלי“ם Palyam פלוגת הים‎, פלמ”ח, הגנה  

Event Note

In May, 1945, Levi Aniv was sent to kibbutz Ein Hayam עין הים, as platoon leader for Palyam פלי”ם volunteers who had graduated of the nautical school at Haifa חיפה.

 
Military Action 1944 קיסריה Caesarea Maritima Caesarea قيسارية‎, חוף הכרמל‎, חיפה, ישראל Palyam פלי"ם‎ No. 3 Small Boat Commanders' course קורס שלישי למפקדי סירות

Event Note

The Palyam פלי"ם‎ No. 3 Small Boat Commanders' course:
The course prepared seamen, who would serve in bringing Maapilim to Palestine.
Platoon leader:
* Gad Lasker
Instructors:
* Menachem 'Churchill' Cohen
* Zalman Perah
* Avraham Zakai
Attendees:
* Levi Aniv
* Yochai Bin-Nun
* Shaul 'Shuli' Oren
* Yosef Schwartzman Shachar
* Shmuel Yanai
* Hanan Yones
Levi Aniv cites: "The aim of the course was to prepare seamen who would be useful in the bringing in of future immigrants of the Aliyah Bet. We had a great deal of practice in rowing, sailing, and navigation."
The three boats on the Yarkon River that were used were Dov דב, Rivka רבקה and Tirza תרצה, one of which is now in the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum מוזיאון ההעפלה וחיל הים ע"ש דוד הכהן in Haifa חיפה.

 
Residence   בנימינה-גבעת עדה Benyamina-Givat Ada  

Event Note

The Anukov Анюков family to thw settlement established by Baron Rothschild, where Levi's father worked at harvesting jasmine flowers grown
for the perfume trade.

 
Boat March 13, 1947   Shabtai Lozinsky שבתאי לוז'ינסקי went aground in the sand about 120 meters from the shore near Nitzanim ניצנים

Place Note

On March 13, 1947, Shabtai Lozinsky שבתאי לוז'ינסקי went aground in the sand about 120 meters from the shore near Nitzanim ניצנים.
Sztetl.org.pl cites: "After 8 days of sailing, in the dawn of March 12, 1947 the ship dropped anchor 200 meters before Nizanim beach. But the sea was very stormy and it tried to come closer to the beach but it touched the ground and the Ma`apilim were told to jump to the sea and swim to the beach. Abraham and Baruch jumped and started swimming."
"The Palmach organized people from the nearest settlements like Kibbutz Nizanim and Gedera to come and mix with the Ma`apilim so the British couldn’t find them."
USHMM cites: Shabtai Lozinsky שבתאי לוז'ינסקי landed in Ashdod אשדוד, on March 12, 1947.
Avraham Rickman Karni cites: "At night she veered sharply north and made for the shore near Nitzanim. It was early in the morning of the 12th of March, 1947. The waves were so high that the boats on shore could not get to us. It was decided to raise anchor and come into shore and beach the vessel. The Italian captain did not like this decision because of damage that the vessel might suffer, but he accepted it. The ship went in and was stranded about 50 meters offshore. We strung a cable from ship to shore to facilitate unloading the Olim. There were Palmachniks on shore and others in the area, to help as well."
Palyam פלי”ם members waded out to the ship and stretched a rope from ship to shore.
They filled rubber boats with Maapilim and pull the boats to shore.
Some Maapilim jumped into the water and they brought them to the ropes so that they could pull themselves along to the shore.
Local residents from nearby settlements were recruiteed pick up the Maapilim and take them to their settlements and to places inland.
The Maapilim came ashore and mingled with hundreds of local residents who came to their rescue so that the authorities could not distinguish between them.
British destroyers appeared and sent launches with sailors to round up the Maapilim, but the launches flipped over and several of the sailors drowned, while some swam to shore.
Avraham Rickman Karni cites: "A ship of the British Navy discovered us but could not approach us. It came as close as it could, and contacted British ground forces which sealed off the area. Most of the new Olim were successfully moved from the area to surrounding
kibbutzim. A fire was lit on the shore and everyone there threw his ID card into it so that the British found it difficult to identify Israelis from Olim."
Most of the Maapilim and members of settlements were taken by the British Army to its camp at Ashdod אשדוד; the Maapilim were taken by truck to Haifa חיפה, and loaded onto the deportation ships, but most refused to go and offered passive resistance, so each one had to be carried unto the deportation ship.

Event Note

Levi Aniv was one of the Palyamniks who helped the Maapilim on Shabtai Lozinsky שבתאי לוז'ינסקי come ashore at Nitzanim ניצנים.
Levi Aniv cites: "On the 12th March an immigrant ship succeeded in escaping the blockade of the coast of Palestine and came ashore near Nitzanim, in the south. The ship came as close as possible to the shore and ran aground in the sand about 120 meters from the shore. We swam out to the ship and stretched a rope from ship to shore. We filled rubber boats with the olim and tugged the boats to shore. Some of the olim preferred to jump into the water and we brought them to the ropes so that they could pull themselves along to the shore. At the same time a call went out for people from nearby settlements to come and pick up the olim and take them to their settlements or elsewhere inland. British destroyers appeared and sent launches with sailors to round up the Olim but the launches flipped over and several of the sailors drowned while others swam to shore"

Event Note

Menachem Zeira was one of the Palyamniks who helped the Maapilim on Shabtai Lozinsky שבתאי לוז'ינסקי come ashore at Nitzanim ניצנים.
Menachem Zeira cites: "We could guess by the activity at our headquarters when a ship of refugees was due to arrive. We would receive orders to dress in clean work clothes and be prepared to move out. We boarded buses and were driven to the shore at Nitzanim. When we arrived, we emptied out at some distance from the shore and sought cover behind the dunes. It was dark and we waited for hours but tension was so high that it was impossible to fall asleep."
"The boat signaled, moved on, and then returned. The sea was rough, the waves were high, and it didn't seem possible at first that we would be able to use the rubber life boats to take the olim to shore. The vessel came as close toward shore as possible and became stuck. We swam out to the vessel and were given a rope which we took back to shore. We managed to haul the rope and tie it firmly to a stable object so that it was as taut as we could make it. We then waited for the olim to enter the water. I swam back out to the vessel where several of us were ready to help the olim into the rafts, but no one came...My job was to swim alongside the vessel and see that the olim reached a raft or the line so that they could pull themselves to shore."
"The olim came ashore at a decent pace, but at dawn a plane appeared overhead and spotted us. When the olim saw the plane, they started to jump into the water in a manner that was difficult to control, as the sea was still quite rough. At the same time people from settlements in the surrounding area started arriving and they directed the olim to places away from the beach. A small group of us had been in the water for about five hours. I came ashore to ask some of the people there to come in and help us, but someone grabbed me and said: “This guy is blue!” A blanket appeared from nowhere and they wrapped me up tightly and I couldn't return to the water."
"English soldiers came and rounded up everyone still on the beach."
"Toward evening we were loaded onto trucks, 20 men to a vehicle, and driven to Haifa. When we got there we refused to leave the trucks and had to be carried down by the British soldiers."

 
Occupation     Levi Aniv studied at the Kibbutz Seminary and became a teacher

Event Note

Levi Aniv studied at the Avshalom Institute מכון לידיעת הארץ ע"ש חיים אבשלום, and became a licensed field guide.
He continued to study and earned a BA and MA in Bible study and Israeli history.

 

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