On 7 December 1946, the ship Athina Rafiah carrying Jewish immigrants to Palestine was wrecked in the Agiou Soassin Bay, on the south coast of Syrna, and more than seven hundred survivors came ashore on the island.
O 8 de decembro de 1946, a nave Athina Rafiah que levaba inmigrantes xudeus a Palestina naufragou na baía Agiou Soassin, na costa sur de Syrna, e máis de 700 sobrevivientes chegaron as praias da illa.