, Alberto Roberto

Birth Name Alberto Roberto
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1932-1933    

 
Boat August 6, 1946 עמירם שוחט Idéros Ile de La Rose Amiram Shochat שושנה Suzanne Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט sailed from Bacoli Boca di Magra

Place Note

At 03:00AM, August 6, 1946, the eve Tisha beAv תשעה באב, Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט weighed anchor, sailed from Bacoli (Boca di Magra), under French flag, at 5-6 knots, carrying 183 passengers.
Dudale Ben-Chorin served as Palyam Commander aboard Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט.
Yonatan Kinarti served as Palyam Escort aboard Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט.
Yosef Lustig Israeli served as Gidoni, wireless radio operator, aboard Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט.
The crew aboard Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט was French, and so was the Captain.

Event Note

Dudale Ben-Chorin served as Palyam פלי"ם‎ Commander aboard Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט.

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Yonatan Kinarti served as Palyam פלי"ם‎ Escort aboard Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט.

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Yosef Lustig Israeli served as Gidoni גדעוני, wireless radio operator, aboard Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט.

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On August 6, 1946, Eliezer 'Lazer' Welbel, and his wife, Leah 'Elonka' Mortkovic Welbel, sail on Idéros Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט, from Bacoli to Palestine.
On August 16, 1946, they landed in Palestine, where Leah found her sister, Rose, and her brother, but she had lost 30 family members in the Shoah.

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A French reporter from France-Soir, who was on board Amiram Shochat עמירם שוחט Idéros, cites: Roberto, approximately 13 or 14 years old, was entrusted to the captain by his mother.
Ilan Braun cites: official documents did not mention that an additional person was brought on board.

Place Note

Ilan Braun cites: "Le 14 juillet 1946 la goélette française Idéros venant de Bretagne va appareiller pour Marseille. Mais un incident survient: un pied qui dépasse d'un canot éveille l'attention d'un marin qui découvre..un passager clandestin, puis deux puis trois, enfin huit en tout! La police est appelée et les pauvres, rêveurs de lendemains français, sont arrêtés, à l'exception de deux d'entre eux: Raphael Garcia, espagnol, et Alberto, âgé de treize ans environ, qui serait juif?"
"On July 14, 1946, Idéros Amiram Shochat sail from Brittany for Marseille. But a problem arose: one dinghy was hanging lower than the others, attracting the attention of a sailor who discovered .. a stowaway, then a second, then a third, and finally a total of eight! The police were called and the poor dreamers of a French future, were arrested, with the exception of two: Raphael Garcia, Spanish, and Alberto, who was about thirteen, and possibly Jewish?"

 
Death August 7-8, 1946 עמירם שוחט Idéros Ile de La Rose Amiram Shochat שושנה Suzanne Alberto Roberto accidentally fell overboard and drowned

Place Note

On August 7 or 8, 1946, after crossing the Strait of Messina Stretto di Messina, Alberto/Roberto fell overboard.
Tzvi Ben-Tzur cites "During the voyage a young deckhand known as Robert, whom the crew had taken on in Algiers, prior to the voyage, on its way to Marseille, fell from the ship and disappeared."
Idéros Amiram Shochat turned around to search for him, but his body could not be recovered.

 

Pedigree

    1. , Alberto Roberto