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In November 1940, the British authorities decided to send 5000 "illegals" to be detained in Mauritius . One of the deporting ships was the "Patria". To stop the deportation the Hagganah , a Jewish underground militia, exploded a bomb in the hold on 25 November . The size of the explosion was seriously miscalculated and the ship sank quickly. On board were 1800 refugees; 216 refugees drowned in the disaster. The survivors from the Patria were detained in Atlit and not deported to Mauritius. They were released after a few months. The "Darien II" arrived with 800 refugees in March 1941. They were detained at Atlit camp until September 1942, when the camp was closed. Atlit camp was reopened in 1945 after the World War II , as more and more "illegals" arrived in Palestine. 10 October 1945, the Palmach (Unit of the Hagganah) broke into the camp and released 200 detainees that escaped. Yitzhak Rabin , then a young officer, commanded this raid. After this event the British deported illegals to Cyprus . The Atlit Detainee Camp is today a museum dedicated to the Aliya Beth . SEE ALSO |