Following the Night of Broken Glass in November 1938 , the family succeeded in organizing Meier Schwarz ’s emigration . He managed to flee in a Kindertransport to Jerusalem . He was one of the early pioneers of Kibbutz Hafetz Hayim and became an active member of the Jewish underground organization , the Haganah . At the age of 22 he was the commander of one of the three Exodus ships , the " Ocean Vigour . " After the establishment of the state , Schwarz worked as teacher and farmer . For 20 years he lived on Kibbutz Hafetz Haim , and spent another 14 years in Petah Tikva before moving to Jerusalem in 1973 . To this day he lives with his wife , a survivor of Auschwitz , in Jerusalem ’s Old City . They have seven children , as well as many grand children and great grand children
Night of Broken Glass in November 1938
Kristallnacht
Meier Schwarz