Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

Before her death, Lidia Stolowicka had asked Gertruda Babilinska to take care for her son, Michael, and to take him to Palestine after the war.

Kurt Baruch served as Engineer/Engine Room Crew aboard Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז when she sailed from Sète.
Joseph Hochstein cites: name as Kurt Baruch.
Exodus1947.org cites: name as Kort Baruch.

Azriel Einav served as Gidoni גדעוני, wireless radio operator, aboard Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז when she sailed from Sète.
When Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז was close to the shore of Palestine and surrounded by five British destroyers, he activated his equipment so that the whole story of the Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז was broadcast to the world in Hebrew, English, including a call to the United Nations. read by Reverend J. Grauel, and French.

Yossi Harel, who had come aboard at Portovenere, became the Haganah Commander מפקד aboard President Warfield Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז.
יוסף הראל מפקד אוניית המעפילים אקסודוס יציאת אירופה תש"ז.
He was the subject of a biography in Hebrew by Yoram Kaniuk, 'Exodus: The Odyssey of a Commander' (1999), which has been translated into many languages.
Yoram Kaniuk, Yossi Harel's friend and biographer, cites: David Ben-Gurion and Shaul Avigur had marked him out as suitable to command the clandestine immigration ships because, in addition to his leadership skills and fighting prowess, “there was something very hevreman [sociable] about him. He was not the kind of clap-you-on-the-back hero. He was a man of manners, the type who didn't raise his voice. He was a man of conscience and a daring fighter.”
He rose to fame after the release of the 1960 Otto Preminger film Exodus, based on the Leon Uris novel of the same name, in which Paul Newman portrayed him.

Solomon 'Sol' M. Lester served as First/Second Engineering Officer aboard President Warfield Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז.

Micha Peri served as as Commander of the Maapilim, responsible for their care, aboard President Warfield Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז.

On July 11, 1947, Judah Abbecasis sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Polya Abramovich sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Mordechai 'Motke' Adler and his two sisters sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Ajzyk Ajnnberg Weinberg sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Zipora Akerman sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Mordekai and Chajka Aurbach sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Chaja Vera Auslender sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield,from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Josef Avigdor sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield,from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Gertruda Babilinska sailed, with Michael Stolowicki, age 11 years, on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Aryeh Birnbaum sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Chaim Birnbaum sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Sara Birnbaum sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Yitzhak Birnbaum sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Mosze Cukier sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Cwi Zvi Eisenberg sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Dov Frieberg sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Mordechai Fuks, age 27 years, Moses Fuks, age 11 years, and Hadassa Fuks, age 13 years, sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Benno Ginsburg sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Zevulun Gold, Nehama Gold and Pesia Gold, sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Avraham Goldband, his wife, Mania, son, Mendel,and morther-in-law, Esther Tager, having made their way from Föhrenwald DP camp to Marseille, sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Lina Goldberger sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield,from Sete for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Moshe Gutheit, age 9 years, sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Shlomo Hammer sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.
Shlomo Hammer cites: "My parents were murdered there (in the Ghetto). Everybody was murdered, only we children were smuggled away. I was hidden in a bunker. [...] I was hidden in the bunker, under the earth, for 9 months. [...] When the Russians , the Red Army, liberated us my face lit up with wonder. [...] We travelled to Cracow where I was placed in a children's home. I then travelled to Germany with a group of other children. I was a 10 year old orphan. [...] From Germany I travelled to France. That was an experience. We were told we were to travel to Palestine. We were taught for this goal. We started to learn in a real school. [...] We were educated to be able to live in Erez Israel, Aliya Beth, love of country. At this time, as I left the camp I no longer wanted to be a Jew. After the holocaust. [...]"
"We came to a camp near Marseille. [...] We arrived in France at night, and were roughly two days there before we were brought aboard the ship, again at night."

On July 11, 1947, Mosze Jacubowiez sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield,from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Rosa Jurer and her daughter, Cilia, sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

In July, 1947, Chanina Kam went to Marseille to embark on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז in an attempt to immigrate to Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Haim Kintzler sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield,from Sete for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Korohy Koffler, age 16 years, sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.
He told his parents he wanted to take a ten day trip with haShomer haTzair, and two weeks later, a haShomer haTzair member told his parents that Korohy was on his way to Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Jacob Kirsztajn sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Monjek Kuperberg sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Irene Parkinson, age 16 years, tried sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield, from Sète to join her mother, sister and brother in Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Itzhak Pressburger, age 13 years, sailed with his two sisters on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield, from Sete for Palestine.
Itzhak Pressburger cites: "We traveled for a week and reached Haifa. I was with the other children down below. It was like a cage. We were aware of the men fighting the British above on the deck," he recalls. "When I went up with the other Hungarians, we saw Haifa from far. We were told by others that we're not going to enter, but be sent to Cyprus."
"Nous étions en mer depuis une semaine lorsque nous sommes arrivés à Haïfa. J'étais tout au fond, avec les autres enfants. C'était comme une cage. Nous savions que les hommes combattaient les Britanniques en haut, sur le ponceau", se souvient Itzhak Pressburger. "Lorsque je suis remonté avec les autres Hongrois, nous pouvions apercevoir Haïfa, au loin."

On July 11, 1947, Moshe Rajchental sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Melach Schubert, his wife, Rosa, and his son Zeev, sailed from France on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז.

On July 11, 1947, Istvan Szeisen, Otto Nagyrona and Tamas Magyrona sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Schlama Sznaider sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Szlojme Szobe sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, David Szustor sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On the night of July 9-10, 1947 Sara Wiener boarded a covered trucks and traveled to Sète.
On July 11, 1947, Sara Wiener sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Emmanuel Zaubermann Zoberman sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Friede Zelman sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Schlomo Zemach sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Max Zifferblat sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Josef Zinger sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Frances sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield,from Sete for Palestine.
Before departing on the Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז President Warfield, Frances, the only survivor of her immediate family, met Isak Greenberg, a fellow Holocaust survivor, in a displaced persons camp.
Despite his love for her, they parted ways because she was a Zionist and dreamed of going to Palestine, while he planned to go to America.

On July 11, 1947, Michael Pertzov and Pessia Baumstein Pertzov sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Eliezer Zuckerman Rimon sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

On July 11, 1947, Lida Zyto sailed on Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז from Sète for Palestine.

After the unsuccessful fight to prevent the British from boarding Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז, in which Frank Lavine was injured by British soldiers who beat him over the head, he, and some of the crew, captured, held prisoner for four hours, and forcibly transferred to the prison ship, HMT Ocean Vigour.

From the day Michael Stolowitzky was released from the IDF, he has fought an ongoing legal battle to have the family's fortunes restituted.
Since Yaakov Stolowitzky had not believed in real estate, most of his assets were stored in coins and gold deposited in 10 different banks in Switzerland., which may be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
He succeeded in getting back some $150,000, most of which he divided between his father's Italian wife, Anna Massini, and Gertruda Babilinska's elderly parents.
The Stolowitzky family villa in Warszawa was nationalized, and today it houses the Polish Ministry of Agriculture.