The chosen people : the story of the '222 transport' from Bergen-Belsen to Palestine

A historical survey of the transfer in July 1944 of 222 Jews, some of them Palestinian nationals, to Palestine in exchange for Germans interned by the British in Palestine. Among the 222 were Oppenheim's relatives. Discusses briefly the fate of Dutch Jews during the Nazi period, the Westerbork transit camp, and Bergen-Belsen, where most of the internees selected for the exchange were billeted. There had been earlier exchanges in 1941-42, through Turkey. Negotiations for the third exchange began in 1943, for which the Jewish Agency prepared lists of those who were eligible. The lists were reduced by the Nazis, and only 222 former prisoners from Bergen-Belsen, Vittel, and Laufen were transported to Palestine. Appendix 1 (p. 159-163) contains excerpts from Clara Asscher-Pinkhof's memoirs from Westerbork. Appendix 2 (p. 165-186) contains the final part of Helmut Mainz's unpublished report on the "222 transport". Appendix 3 (p. 187-194) contains a list of those who arrived in Palestine in 1944. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index. xii, 199 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm