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THE CAMP OF IMMIGRANTS IN RABBI SHMUEL WAS THE FIRST CAMP TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR THE ABSORPTION OF EXPECTED IMMIGRATION WAVES FROM THE DISPLACED CAMPS IN EUROPE.

AS EARLY AS 1945, IMMIGRANTS WERE SITTING AT THE TENT CAMP NEAR RABBI SHMUEL IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER AVAILABLE HOUSING FOR THE IMMIGRANTS. IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH HOUSING SHORTAGES BECAUSE OF WORLD WAR II, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF BRITISH CLAIMS THAT NO FURTHER INCREASE CAN BE ALLOWED IN LIGHT OF HOUSING SHORTAGES IN ISRAEL, THE JEWISH AGENCY ESTABLISHED TEMPORARY HOUSING DEPOSITS CALLED CROSSING CAMPS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ONE OF THEM IN THE CITY OF RABBI SHMUEL. IN THE TRANSITION CAMP, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IMMIGRANTS ARE GIVEN TO A PERIOD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE UP TO SIX MONTHS, AND HELP FINDING A JOB, BUT THE IMMIGRANTS WERE REQUIRED TO MANAGE THEIR OWN LIVES.

THE CAMP ITSELF WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BEGINNING OF 1947 AND OPERATED UNTIL THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN A SIMILAR MANNER TO THE DETENTION CAMP IN COOPERATION WITH THE MANDATE AUTHORITIES AS A DETENTION CAMP FOR IMMIGRANTS WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF A DONOR TO BE RELEASED ACCORDING TO THE BRITISH MANDATES CUSTOMS. ACCORDING TO THE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE MANDATE AUTHORITIES, THE CAMPS WILL BE OPERATED INSIDE BY THE JEWISH AGENCY AND HADASSAH ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED MEDICAL SERVICES, BUT WERE KEPT FROM THE OUTSIDE BY BRITISH POLICE OFFICERS WHO PROHIBITED THE EXIT UNTIL THE DONOR ARRIVED. THE CAMP OF IMMIGRANTS IN RABBI SHMUEL HAD FAR BETTER CONDITIONS THAN THOSE OF THE CAMP AT A TIME SET UP AS A DETENTION CAMP, AND HIS CAPACITY WAS SMALLER AND REACHED 700 SOULS. IN ADDITION, THE CAMP OF IMMIGRANTS IN RABBI SHMUEL KEPT JEWISH POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE MANDATORY REGIME THAT WE GAVE IMMIGRANTS A FEELING THAT THEY WERE HOME IN THEIR COUNTRY. MOST OFTEN, THE CAMPS OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE CITY OF RABBI SHMUEL WERE BROUGHT UP FROM THE PRISON CAMP IN THE FRAMEWORK OF A RATED PROCEDURE OF LIBERATION, BUT SOMETIMES THEY WERE BROUGHT DIRECTLY FROM THE DETENTION CAMPS IN CYPRUS. IN ADDITION, OCCASIONALLY, IMMIGRANTS SEIZED IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL WERE BROUGHT TO HIM. FOR EXAMPLE, IN JANUARY 1948, THE IMMIGRANTS IN THE CITY OF RABBI SHMUEL WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN UNWAVERING CAMP THAT SUCCEEDED IN GOING TO THE COAST OF THE RIVER.

AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE WAS CONSIDERED THE CAMP OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE CITY OF SHMUEL, IN WHICH THEY WERE BUILT FOR FAMILIES, TO HAVE RELATIVELY GOOD CONDITIONS FOR OTHER CAMPS IN WHICH THEY WERE LOCATED IN THE TENTS AND BRANCHES OF THE BRITISH ARMY. TOWARDS THE END OF 1949, THE CAMP OF THE IMMIGRANTS IN KIRYAT SHMUEL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IMMIGRANTS TO THE LABOR CAMP WHERE THE IMMIGRANTS WERE REQUIRED TO GO TO WORK. IN SEPTEMBER 1949, THERE WERE 268 FAMILIES AND IN DECEMBER THAT YEAR IT HAD 950 LIVES. THE CAMP CONTINUED TO EXIST AS A CROSSING (THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO A CAMP) FOR MANY YEARS AND STILL TOOK PLACE IN 1959.

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