Gift of Rose Sigal-Ibsen in memory of Albert Dov Sigal

Id no. 254.88, Artwork

Created by:  Albert Dov Sigal

Subject(s):  Ships, Israel-illegal immigration

Albert Dov Sigal (1912-1970) was aboard, the illegal immigrant ship, Pan York, with his wife and child. The ship was captured by the British en route to Palestine. British authorities held Jewish "illegal" immigrants, most of them Holocaust survivors, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.