ISBN:
9781644695951
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (272 p)
Ausgabe:
[Online-Ausgabe]
Erscheinungsjahr:
2021
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
320.54095694/092
Schlagwort(e):
Jewish refugees History 20th century
;
Merchant mariners Biography
;
Zionists Biography
;
HISTORY / Jewish
;
American Jewish history
;
Brooklyn Navy Yard
;
Jewish homeland
;
Orthodox Jew
;
Palestine
;
United States Merchant Marin
;
WWII
;
World War 2
;
Zionism
;
merchant marines
;
refugees
Kurzfassung:
Henry Mandel (1920-2015), a crewman aboard the Jewish Illegal Immigrant ship Abril/Ben Hecht, a prisoner in Acre fortress and a volunteer for the Israeli Army during the 1948 Arab - Israeli War, was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel smuggled in electric batteries to prisoners planning an escape from Acre Prison. After being released, Mandel helped set-up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York which was reassembled in Israel with his assistance as a foreign volunteer. Personal narratives of the Ben Hecht crew are complemented by editorial historical analysis
Anmerkung:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781644695951
