The camp, which houses oblong wooden barracks, barbed wire fences, watchtowers and a double zone, makes a gloomy impression. It is scary to imagine what this camp was associated with among Holocaust survivors. Illegal immigrants were considered by the British to be Jewish refugees from Europe who sought to Eretz Yisrael at the end of the Second World War. The British authorities in Palestine imposed restrictions on the entry of Jews to please the Arabs. Illegal launches were caught off the coast of Palestine by patrol ships and people were sent to Cyprus, where they were placed in similar conditions. The only camp in Palestine was this camp in Atlit. It could accommodate up to three thousand people. Translated with Google Translate
Atlit is a small town south of Haifa. In the shadow of the capital of North, Atlit is an unremarkable province. However, acquaintance with this place will amaze us with the diversity and depth of the events that took place here. Let's start, oddly enough, with the cemetery. Knights and pilgrims are buried there. This is the only cemetery in the Middle East from the Crusades' time in such good condition. Then our path will run to the refugee camp, which has become an immigration museum. Here we are, witnesses, for the incredible fate of people, secret paths of illegal immigration, and a really recreated atmosphere of those years: the presence of barbed wire, guard towers, disinfection, and wooden barracks tarred by the scorching sun. Then, after a short picnic, we will climb to the ruins of the Crusader fortress De Strua. These are the only sites associated with the history of the Crusades that can be visited in Atlit today. And finally, we will go to the secret azure lagoon, where you can swim and find the shells of the famous mollusk, which gave itself the most expensive and prestigious paint of the ancient world - purple.
