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The son of Elisheva and Michael, Simcha Wilnitz was born on March 30th 1918 in a Jewish quarter of London. In his youth,
The son of Goldie and Max, Harold Monash was born on January1st 1924, in Berlin, Germany. He studied at junior and high schools
The son of Sarah and Moshe, Reuven Schiff was born in February 1926 in Toronto. During the World War II, at the age
The son of Chana and Pesach, Arieh was born on April 8th, 1915, in New York. He studied at junior and high school
Aliyah Bet My reason for participating in Aliyah Bet was because I wanted to make aliyah to Palestine, and if I were able
The son of Nathan, Ralph Moster was born on 29th August 1924 in Hamilton, Ontario. He completed his high school studies in Vancouver,
The words of Yossi Harel, Commander of the “Exodus” on meeting Jewish orphans who were to be passengers on his ship: One
“BETWEEN THE CROSS OF LORRAINE AND THE MAGEN DAVID – FRENCH MACHALNIKS REMEMBER” By Baruch Ben Yaacov (Bernard Edinger) for Maariv, 1998 PARIS:
A letter from Bernard Edinger (pen-name: Baruch Ben Yaacov) from Paris, France, to the Hebrew-language newspaper Maariv, written in 1976:“BETWEEN THE CROSS OF
Stanley Medicks was born in 1925 in Nairobi, Kenya, to parents who had immigrated from Poland.He joined the King’s African Rifles in 1943
PALMACH YIFTACH Gerhard Weil, the son of Otto and Hilda Weil, was bornon November 23 1922 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to a family with
William Bernstein was born on 27th January 1923 in Passaic, New Jersey. At the age of 13 his family moved to San Francisco.
Fallen Louis Ball, the son of Leah and William, was born on 10th March 1922 in Vienna, the capital of Austria. His father
AIR FORCE – CODES AND CYPHERSI.D.F. NO: 73807 As a young woman I was an active member of the Federation of Zionist Youth
Head of medical services in the Upper Galilee. “But in my heart I know that I shall not desert these boys even if
82nd Armored Battalion Our unit was stationed at Lydda Airport, with one complete company of Machal from various countries. I had previously served
Harold Kates arrived in Israel from Canada once the State of Israel had been declared. It was still a country at war, and
71 INFANTRY BATTALION AND PALMACH HANEGEV My family had come to Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1710. I was born in the Smichov surburb on
ALIYAH BET I was born in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from high school there and was a member of Hashomer Hatzair. I
ALIYAH BET I was born 26th April, 1927 in New York City, U.S.A. I served in the Hospital Corps of the United States
Yedidia Kaplansky, better known to all as Eddy, was born in Montreal. He studied at an Orthodox Jewish school, where he learned Hebrew.
(NEE REICHMAN) 1st May, 1948 – Here I was with my mother, Freda Reichman, two qualified nursing sisters arriving in Haifa to the
Excerpts from “An African Shopkeeper”(The memoirs of David Susman) I followed the events in Palestine with great apprehension, and wondered what I could
PALMACH HANEGEV, 9TH BATTALIONI.D.F. NO: 63144 At 19, as a member of the Habonim Zionist Movement, I was idealistic, dogmatic and prejudiced against