Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

In July, 1934, Velos 'וילוס א sailed from Pireaus Πειραιάς, carrying 350 passengers, including 330 Hechalutz trainees from Poland, organized and rented by Hechalutz.
The voyage was organized by Hehalutz in Poland, kibbutz members and the Haganah הגנה, without the permission of the heads of the Jewish Agency, who disapproved of any attempt to sidestep the Mandatory immigration regulations and certificate arrangements.
The Hehalutz in Poland was unwilling to wait years for certificates.
Shimon Schlechter Ben Yosef cites: Velos 'וילוס א carried a group of 380 pioneers, including 80 women, from Hechalutz, Haoved, haShomer haTzair, and Gordonia.
Jürgen Rohwer cites: In the summer of 1934, Velos 'וילוס א was chartered by Hehalutz in Poland, and carried 300 passengers when she sailed from Piraeus Πειραιάς.
The passengers had been assembled in Warsaw, and included Maapilim from Lithuania, Latvia, Czechoslovakia and Galicia.
Katriel Yaffe served as Commander מפקד aboard Velos 'וילוס א when she sailed from Pireaus Πειραιάς.

Katriel Yaffe served as Commander מפקד aboard Velos 'וילוס א when she sailed from Pireaus Πειραιάς.

On September 6, 1934, Velos 'וילוס ב sailed a second time from Varna Варна, carrying 350 passengers, organized by Hechalutz.
Both WZO and Labour Zionist leaderships opposed any further attempts.
The Jewish Agency opposed illegal immigration in any form in the years after the Velos 'וילוס ב attempt, and the opposition lasted until the end of 1938.
They feared that illegal immigration would affect the granting of certificates for legal immigrants.
Jürgen Rohwer cites: Velos וילוס, on her second voyage, sailed from Varna Варна, led by Levi Schwartz.
Katriel Yaffe served as Commander מפקד aboard Velos 'וילוס ב when she sailed from Varna Варна.

Katriel Yaffe served as Commander מפקד aboard Velos 'וילוס ב when she sailed from Varna Варна.

Reuven Migdal, Chava Plonski, Manes Mondri, Yitzhak Burstein, and Shimon Schlechter, left Ciechanowiec by carriage for the Czyzewo railroad stop, boarded the train to Warszawa, where they assembled, and three days later, boarded a train for Varna Варна, to board Velos 'וילוס ב.

The passengers on Velos וילוס, including the members from Ciechanowiec, diembarked at Pireaus Πειραιάς, and boarded another vessel, which took them back into the Black Sea, to Constanța.
In December, 1934, they were sent to the village of Zalshitzki, on the border between Romania and Poland.

Shmuel Tankus was sent abroad to accompany Atrato אטרטו; he made the voyage to Palestine on Atrato אטרטו, three times.

In November, 1938, Atrato אטרטו sailed from Bari, carrying 300 pasengers, organized by Mossad leAliyah Bet 'מוסד לעלייה ב‎.
Katriel Yaffe served as Commander מפקד on the first two voyages aboard Atrato אטרטו to Palestine.

On November 30, 1938, Atrato אטרטו entered Palestine waters, and managing to avoid the Police boat, Alice, landed at Shefayim שפיים.
Amuta Yam.org.il cites: Atrato אטרטו landed at Avichayil אביחייל.

On January 9, 1939, Atrato אטרטו sailed from Ancona, carrying 300 passengers, organized by Mossad leAliyah Bet 'מוסד לעלייה ב‎.
Katriel Yaffe served as Commander מפקד on the first two voyages aboard Atrato אטרטו to Palestine.

On January 15, 1939, Atrato אטרטו landed at Shefayim שפיים.

On August 3, 1939, Tiger Hill טייגר הייל sailed from Constanţa, organized by Mossad leAliyah Bet, carrying 750 refugees, including 501 Poles, and 54 Russians who were living in Bulgaria and moved onboard.
Katriel Yaffe served as Captain מפקד aboard Tiger Hill טייגר הייל when she sailed from Constanţa.

Sala Sura Blusztajn sailed on Tiger Hill טייגר הייל, for Palestine.
Eva Blustein cites: "On or about Sept. 1, Sala departed Radom on a transport organized by the Jewish Agency for Palestine aboard a Hagannah owned ship, the Tiger Hill. There were 800 aboard, including many children."