After Holocaust , before Israel became a state , 100,000 survivors lived illegally . There was a slogan : `` People without a land , and a land without a people . '' Some were imprisoned in British - controlled Palestine and later settled in Israel . Israeli author Anita Diamant explores this phenomenon in new book , ' Day After Night ' Characters face question : ' How much do you have to forget in order to live ? '
After Holocaust , before Israel became a state , 100,000 survivors lived illegally . Some were imprisoned in British - controlled Palestine and later settled in Israel . Israeli author Anita Diamant explores this phenomenon in new book , ' Day After Night ' Characters face question : ' How much do you have to forget in order to live ? '