Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

After the Kristallnacht, Novemberpogrome 1938, Meir Schwarz's family made arrangements for his emigration, via Kindertransport.
In August, 1939, he managed to get to Jerusalem ירושלים with Aliyat haNoar עליית הנוער., where he stayed at the Horev boarding school בית הספר חורב.

Meier Schwarz lived in kibbutz Hafetz Haim קיבוץ חפץ חיים for 20 years.
He spent another 14 years living in Petach Tikvah, and in 1973, he moved to Jerusalem ירושלים.

The Washington Times cites: "The night of July 18, 1947, the British Royal Navy rammed the boat and boarded it in international waters to keep it from entering Palestine. After a struggle with passengers and crew, three shipmates were killed, including one crew member."
After the British subdued Exodus 1947 אקסודוס passengers and crew, and a medical team was brought on board, Bernard Marks was introduced as Captain. He guided her into Haifa חיפה port.
During the disembarkation process he slipped away with the help of Haganah הגנה members posing as dock workers, and was taken to kibbutz Ein Hashofet קיבוץ עין השופט.
He was later discovered by the British and imprisoned briefly, before returning to the United States.

David 'Kochavi' Starec, age 18 years, stayed with the Maapilim on HMT Ocean Vigour.

Frank Lavine stayed with the Maapilim on HMT Ocean Vigour.
Frank Lavine cites: "After being driven off the prison ship “Ocean Vigour” by club swinging English troops in Hamburg, Germany, we were put on heavily guarded trains and taken to Poppendorf and Amstau internment camps. Most of us ended up in Poppendorf."

Meier Schwarz, who had been sent to Europe to usher refugees to the south of France to catch Haapalah boats to Israel, was smuggled aboard HMT Ocean Vigour, deporting the 4,500 Exodus 1947 Maapilm.
He served as Haganah הגנה Commander aboard HMT Ocean Vigour, on her voyage back to France.

Zeev Siegel was transported back to France on HMT Ocean Vigour, and was assigned by Yossi Harel the job of Escort מלווה, serving under Zvi Meeri Katznelson, head מלווה, to live with the Maapilim, and help maintain their morale and discipline.

Moses Fuks, age 11 years, and Hadassa Fuks, age 14 years, were transported back to France on HMT Ocean Vigour.

Zevulun Gold, Nehama Gold and Pesia Gold, were transported back to France on HMT Ocean Vigour.

Michael Pertzov and Pessia Baumstein Pertzov were transported back to France on HMT Ocean Vigour.
Berry Pinshow cites: Pessia Baumstein Pertzov gave birth to a daughter, Hana, in the ship's "hospital".

Disembarking Exodus 1947, Izhak Pressburger was put on the Transport Ship, HMT Ocean Vigour.
Itzhak Pressburger cites: "We then realized that instead of going northwest towards Cyprus, the ship was headed west towards France,"

Meier Schwarz served as Haganah הגנה Commander at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp, for the Maapilim interned by the British.

In 1947, Mordechai 'Motke' Eldar was interned at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp by the British.

In 1947, Avraham Goldband, his wife, Mania, son, Mendel, and his mother-in-law, Esther Tager, were interned at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp by the British.

When Frances transported back to Germany, Isak Greenberg came to see her.

In 1947, Chanina Kam was interned at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp by the British.

In 1947, Benno Ginsburg was interned at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp by the British, where he remained, until the end of January, 1948, when he left for Emden, then Bergen-Belsen, where he was issued false papers, and finally, Marseille, and he boarded another ship for Palestine

In 1947, Rosa Rudashevsky Jurer and her daughter, Cilia, spent two months interned at the Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp, before they could leave.
They went briefly to Emden.

In 1947, Zev Siegel was interned at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp by the British, until he was transferred to Endem Marina Casserne, a former German submarine base.
The Mossad le Aliyah Bet smuggled him out of the camps, with help from his sister and Shula Alazoroff, and he made his way to Marseille, and then to Napoli.

In 1947, Irene Parkinson was interned at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp by the British.
Irene Parkinson cites: “For many people, it was horrible to be in a camp with barbed wire again,” she says. “I stayed in Germany for 18 months. The Red Cross came. They gave us blankets, cigarettes. The cigarettes were like money. You bought things with them — a skirt, some pants. We weren’t kids anymore. We didn’t have youth anymore.”

In 1947, Sara Wiener was interned at Pöppendorf Displaced Persons' Camp by the British.