Most of the Jewish refugees who went from Europe to Palestine after World War II were carried by a poorly equipped and hastily organized shipping fleet whose craft were bought, begged or borrowed wherever they could be.
Founded by two Zionist groups, the tiny line named ZIM from a contraction of two Hebrew words meaning merchant marineran the British blockade with such doughty ships as the Exodus, the inspiration of the novel by Leon Uris. Today ZIM sails on as a firm worth an estimated $140 million; its six passenger ships and...
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