Naharyya - Moshewet haYekkim.

Description:

History of 1000 German Jewish Immigrants founding, living and working in an agricultural settlement in Palestine 1935-1941. Analysis of the economic, social and political problems and conflicts the settlers were confronted with and had to be solved, such as escape from Nazi-Germany, integration in a new social, work-related, climatic, cultural and language environment, problems with Zionist Institutions, conflicts with Arab neighbours, terrorist attempts, WW-II threat. The book issues a comprehensive documentary report about the years of crisis and its break-through. It bases on 120 interviews with the founders' families, a historical photo collection, and hundreds of original sources from Israeli and German archives.

subjects: Nazi Germany,  Eretz Israel,  Emigration,  Immigration,  Redeployment from academic professions into agricultural work,  Economy,  Sociology,  Colonization,  Land settlement,  German Jews,  Jews,  History

People: Selig Soskin,  Joseph Loewy,  Simon Reich,  Heinrich Cohn

Places: Nahariyya,  Haifa,  Tel Aviv,  Jerusalem

Times: 1935-1941