Kladovo transport: 1939-2002 [Elektronska interaktivna multimedija]

Abstract

Krajem oktobra 1939. godine, oko 1200 Jevreja iz Nemačke, Austrije i Čehoslovačke krenuli su organizovano, preko svojih cionističkih omladinskih organizacija i preko organizacija koje su se posebno bavile pokušajem spašavanja Jevreja, na veliko putovanje, da se izvuku iz nacističkog pakla u Nemačkoj. Jevrejska agencija im je obezbedila brod kojim su preko Beča i Bratislave stigli do jugoslovenske granice. Odavde je organizaciju preuzeo Savez jevrejskih opština Kraljevine Jugoslavije u dogovoru sa Jevrejskom agencijom. Bilo je predviđeno da se dalje putuje Dunavom do Suline, gde je treblo da čeka veliki prekomorski brod koji bi izbeglice prebacio do Palestine. Problem je bio u tome što ovi putnici nisu imali tranzitne vize i nisu imali sertifikate, odnosno vizu za ulazak u Palestinu. Sertifikate su izdavali Britanci koji su tada držali teritiriju Palestine, a oni su ograničili ulaz Jevreja u Palestinu. Tako je zapravo ovo bio jedan od brojnih ilegalnih pokušaja ulaska u Palestinu. Dakle, krajem oktobra, Bata Gedalja, sekretar Saveza jevrejskih opština Kraljevine Jugoslavije, doveo je uz potpunu saradnju Jugoslovenske rečne plovidbe, tri broda do jugoslovenske granice kod Bezdana. Stajali su nasred Dunava, jer je tu trebalo da se obavi prekrcavanje putnika. Brodovi su se zvali "Car Dušan", "Car Nikola II" i "Kraljica Marija"...

In late October 1939, around 1,200 Jews from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia set on a long voyage out of the Nazi hell, organized by their respective youth Zionist organizations and specialized Jewish rescue groups. The Jewish Agency provided a boat to take them to Yugoslavia, via Vienna and Bratislava. At the Yugoslav border, they were taken into the custody of the Alliance of the Jewish Communities of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as was previously agreed with the Agency. Next, they were to be shipped down the Danube to Sulina, where a large sea boat was waiting to take them to Palestine. These passengers were in no possession of transit visas or certificates necessary to enter Palestine. The certificates were issued by the British authorities there that had a policy of a limited legal quota of Jewish immigrants. Therefore, this was one of many attempts of illegal entry. So, in late October, Bata Gedalja, the then secretary of the Alliance of Jewish Communities of the The Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in full agreement with the Yugoslav River Transport Company, had three boats waiting in Bezdan at the Yugoslav border. They were anchored in the middle of the Danube since that is where the passengers were supposed to change boats. The vessels were named after two kings – Dusan of Serbia and Nikola of Montenegro – and one queen, Mary of Yugoslavia...