Szold, Henrietta

Birth Name Szold, Henrietta [1]
Gender female

Narrative

On February 18, 1934, SS Martha Washington tried to drop anchor off Yafo, but the winter storm forced her north to Haifa
On Monday, February 19, 1934, the first organized group of Aliyat haNoar children from Nazi Germany, on board SS Martha Washington, arrived at Haifa, where they were met, in the pouring rain, by Henrietta Szold, who greeted each of them by name, and accompanied them to kibbutz Ein Harod קיבוץ עין חרוד, and spent the first day with them.

Source References

  1. It Takes a Dream: The Story of Hadassah

Pedigree

    1. Szold, Henrietta