Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
קתדרה
Angaben zur Quelle:
179 (תשפב) 135-156
Keywords:
Chefetz, Pinchas,
;
Jewish communists Biography
;
Jewish communists Biography
;
Jews Persecutions
;
History
;
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939
;
Participation, Jewish
Abstract:
Scholars of the Spanish Civil War were among thepioneers in the use of oral history and in placing theindividual in the center when discussing dramaticevents. This article focuses on one individual, PinchasChefetz. Born in Jerusalem, he was an active memberof the Palestine Communist Party and became one ofsome 200 Jewish youngsters who left Palestine to jointhe International Brigades. Their aim was to defend 199 קתדרהthe Spanish Republic, which was facing a nationalistrebellion, supported by Nazi Germany and FascistItaly. Most of the Palestinian volunteers were Jewishand Communist, although a few were Zionist, andseveral were Arabs. Notwithstanding their politicaland ideological convictions, the decision to goto Spain was a personal one and not necessarilydictated by their political parties. They all paid adear price for this decision. Pinchas Chefetz wasinjured on the Iberian front, and was evacuated formedical treatment first in Paris and then in the SovietUnion. His efforts to return to Jerusalem followingthe end of World War II and the establishment of thestate of Israel met with Soviet refusal, and Chefetzcommitted suicide. His trajectory sheds light on thelives and decisions of other members of the PalestineCommunist Party as well.
Note:
With an English abstract.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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