דרכוני הרייך הגרמני לחסרי אזרחות של Josef ו-Marjem Riss Horowitz שהונפקו ב-Wien ב-20/02/1939 זמן קצר לפני ניסיונם לעלות לארץ ישראל כמעפילים

German Reich passports for foreign citizens issued in Vienna on 20 February 1939 to Josef Horowitz and Marjem Riss Horowitz, a short time before their attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel illegally 

German Reich passports for foreign citizens issued in Vienna on 20 February 1939 to Josef Horowitz and Marjem Riss Horowitz, a short time before their attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel illegally 

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Austrian passports for foreign citizens issued in Vienna on 20 February 1939 to Josef Horowitz and Marjem Riss Horowitz, a short time before their attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel illegally Note: Josef Horowitz and Marjem Riss Horowitz were born in the Galician region of Poland. Marjem, who was born 12 December 1897, arrived in Austria at the age of 15; Josef was born 15 June 1897. Miriam and Josef met in Austria, and lived in Vienna until 1939, the year they sent their children beyond the boundaries of the Nazi occupation. Some of their children were sent to England with the Kindertransport, and some arrived in Eretz Israel. Josef and Marjem were unsuccessful in their attempt to make aliya to Eretz Israel illegally; they were caught and sent to Mauritius, where they remained for the duration of the war until 1945, when they make aliya to Eretz Israel.