Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

Haim Shpar was a childhood friend of Aba Berdichev, together they went to school, youth movement, Hechalutz camp.

On March 19. 1941, Darien דאריאן arrived at Haifa.
She was intercepted by the British, and her 878 passengers were to be deported to Mauritius.
Our Jerusalem.com cites: "Darien reached Haifa with 792 people on and was caught and confiscated by the British Mandate government. The Refugees were in Atlit detention camps for 15 to 18 months."
No ship was available to transport them, so they were interned at Atlit Dentention Camp.

After release from the Atlit Detention Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית, Anutza and Nehemia Klein went to kibbutz Usha קיבוץ אושה, and later moved to Nahariyah נהריה

After release from the Atlit Detention Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית, Yohanan Goldman volunteered for the British Army, and served in the Jewish Brigade.

Mordechai Herling wrote a dairy in Hebrew, from the day he left Home in December, 1940.
In September, 1942, he was released from Atlit Detentee Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית.
His dairy, Dairy of a Maapil, was published, with the help of Atlit Detainee Camp Museum מוזיאון ההעפלה במחנה המעצר בעתלית.

In December, 1948, lawyer Lawrence Weston appealed to the High Court for release of the prisoners held at Kessilotimbou (Xylotimbou) Detention Camp, on behalf of Mordechai Herling, who represented the 5,163 Maapilim.

After release from the Atlit Detention Camp מחנה המעצר בעתלית, Haim Shpar joined a group that was formed to worked in kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov קיבוץ אשדות יעקב and kibbutz Geva קיבוץ גבע.