Susanna Schick was 14 years old when she and her fellow Hashomer Hatzair youth movement members in Vienna embarked on a journey along the Danube towards the Black Sea, in order to reach Eretz Israel (Mandatory Palestine) via Turkey.
"My mother Susanna celebrated her birthday in Šabac, in the youth movement's makeshift camp. Her boyfriend, Joseph Cohen, a fellow Hashomer Hatzair movement member made her a wooden box engraved with a boat as a gift. Another friend, Dov Eshed, who eventually became a famous artist, helped him. Using the rays of the sun via a piece of glass, Dov engraved the drawing of the boat, which symbolized their aspirations to reach Eretz Israel."
(Michal Shibolet, Susanna Schick's daughter)
Sitting next to her: Dov Eshed. Middle of row: Ehud Nahir, the Hashomer Hatzair counsellor who accompanied the group.
Middle of top row, standing: Joseph Cohen.
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection, courtesy of Michal Shibolet
