 Mandatory Palestine yaiva nzvimbo yokuenda kwevaJudha 18 000 vakanga vatiza hurumende yeNazi vachipfuura nomuBalkans pakati pa1937 na1944. Ikoku kwakanga kwakarongwa nesangano reZionist. Paiva navaJudha vanopfuura 16 000 avo gare gare vakaendeswa kuParestina nezvikepe kubva kuzviteshi zvengarava zveRomania neBulgaria paGungwa Dema uye kazhinji kazhinji kupfurikidza neTurkey nokuda kwokuzadza mafuta. Chimwe chikepe, MV Struma, chakanyudzwa, zvichida netsaona, nechikepe cheSoviet chepasi pemvura, mune inonzi Struma njodzi. 