Organizers of refugee airlift to Israel
Gift of Sylvia Rath
Id no. 1023.91, Photograph
Subject(s): Emigration-DP, Refugees
Eric Rath operated a cargo airlift operation called "Great Circle Air Freight System," which transported blood plasma to Israel. In May 1948 it was converted into a transport airline for Jewish refugees called "El Dror" ("To Freedom"). Fred Canton helped Rath obtain planes.
