Timetable

• 1933 — Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor
• March 1938 — AnshlussAustria becomes part of German Reich
• November 1938 — Kristalnacht, pogroms all over Germany.
• 1st September 1939 — Germany invades Poland, World War II starts.
• 29th November 1939 — Eichman gives permission for 1000 Jews to leave Vienna for Bratislava, they board the "Uranus"
• 15th December 1939 — Uranus reaches Yugoslavian border, 1000 Jewish refugees transfer to 3 river boats.
• 17th December 3 — River boats stop at Kladovo anchorage on the Danube near Rumanian border.
• January 1940 — Danube freezes. Ruth sends the "Hilda" with 728 refugees.
• May 1940 — Belguim & Holland surrender to German army. The refugees leave the river boats and live at the village of Kladovo.
• 29 May — Shmaria buys the Darien in Athens.
• June 1940 — The Zionist leaders decide to stop Aliya Beth. Shmarya gets orders to keep the Darien in Greece.
• June 1940 — German Army marches in Paris. Italy joins the war on German side.
• July 1940 — Arazi & Shind sell the Darien to S.O.E Special Operations Executive.
• August 1940 — Darien sails to Alexandria.
• September 1940 — Refugees go up the Danube to ShavetzYugoslavia. Brganiski, Ruth Kliger & Darien arrive in Istanbul.
• 9 November 1940 — Darien waits at ConstanzaRumania for refugees from Shavetz, Shmaria arrives in Istanbul.
• 20 November — Rumania & Bulgaria Join war on German side, prosecution of Jews in Rumania.
• 30 November — 160 Pioneers board the Darien and sail to SulinaDanube Delta.
• 12 December — Illegal boat "Salvador' sinks near Istanbul 202 refugees drown. Shind arrives in Istanbul.
• 30 December — Darien sails for Constanza hits a reef and dragged to Constanza. Barpal & Arazi come to Istanbul.
• 2 January 1941 — Meeting in Ruth's room, decision to hand over the Darien to Arazi.
• 5 January 1941 — They rebut their decision.
• 2123 January 1941 — Pogrom in Bucharest Rumania.
• 17 February 1941 — Darien repaired leaves Constanza with 450 refugees.
• 27 February 1941 — The Darien leaves VarnaBulgaria with 750 refugees including survivors from Salvador disaster. David Hacohen arrives in Istanbul.
• 11 March 1941 — Darien leaves Istanbul with 800 refugees. All Mossad personal leaving Ruth behind in Istanbul.
• March 1941 — 150 youths who got certificates leave Shavetz for Israel.
• 19 March 1941 — Darien arrives in Haifa, refugees enter detaintion camp for 18 months.
• 6 April — Germany invades Yugoslavia.
• October 1941 — All the men that remained in Shavetz shot into death trenches.
• AprilMay 1942 — Women & children of Shavetz murdered by Gas trucks.
• January 1945 — Ruth reaches Paris and meets Holocaust survivors.
• 7 May 1945 — Germany surrenders.