Clandestine Immigration & Naval Museum

Right next to the Maritime museum is the Clandestine museum. It starts with a video of the incredible efforts starting in 1934 after Hitler rose to power, through 1948 when the British left, to smuggle immigrants in to Israel. The Brits intercepted many and threw the concentration camp survivors into concentration camps!
The interesting thing is that the Jewish fighters who ran the smuggling operation became the core of the Israeli navy the day after independence. In fact, they took the rusty old tubs the British impounded and converted them into fighting vessels.
The museum then had a history and exhibition of the navy up until the present. There were actual ships to walk in and around, as well as a submarine I was able to walk through to see how cramped it was for the sailors who served on it. Czytaj więcej