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“Drom Afrika 1” – A day in May 1947A new name had just been painted on the whaler: “Drom Afrika 1.” She was
By Dr. Alan Price Published in ESRA Magazine, March-May 1998 Aboard the “Dolores” – Left to Right: Dr. Alan Price (South Africa), Joe
I left Palmietfontein Airport with a Betar group about mid-July 1948. Unlike today, when a flight from Johannesburg to Israel is a matter
“On The Wings of Eagles.” Operation Magic Carpet is a nickname for the operation “On The Wings of Eagles.” This operation took place
CATEGORY – PERSONAL STORY 1947-49 RAYNER, Leslie Michael – Engineering Corps, specialist in mines and demolition LESLIE MICHAEL RAYNER Coming from a family
CATEGORY: PERSONAL STORY – ARMY MENU TITLE: MEDOW, Ziegbert – Palmach transport mechanic ZIEGBERT MEDOW Arriving in Israel from South Africa during July
CATEGORY: PERSONAL STORIES – ARMY MENU TITLE: DRUKER, Lionel – 82nd Tanks, 8th Brigade, instructor and fighter LIONEL DRUKER | | After a
CATEGORY: PERSONAL STORY – ARMY MENU TITLE: BYBELEZER (BABLIDON), Fernand – Palmach Hanegev. French Commandos FERNAND BYBELEZER (BABLIDON) You come away with the
CATEGORY: HAGANAH DROM AFRIKA 1 & 2 – Haganah. Adventure on the high seas The Stories of “Drom Afrika 1” and “Drom Afrika
It was August 1948. I had been training for the Haganah in Johannesburg, and now the time had come to leave for Israel.
Baruch Linsky was born to Beatrice and Harry Linsky on May 1st 1921 in Chicago, USA. When he was ten, his family moved
Ruth Goldman (centre) with Moshe and Marjorie Ziff In June 1948, after serving at Les Grandes Arénas, a displaced persons camp near Marseilles
Arthur Goldberg volunteered for service in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1945 and when the war in Europe ended, he began studying
I was born in Poland on 22nd October 1929, and arrived in Canada in September 1930. I was in school until I left
transcription below Doctor of legendary ‘Exodus’ ship dies at 86By MARK SCHULMANJerusalem Post 07/09/2010 05:05 Dr. Joshua Cohen set up impromptu clinics on
AIR FORCE NAVIGATOR Reflecting on his time with Machal some 40 years later, Sol Zessin said: “If I were a woman, I would
The son of Joseph-Zvi and Mindel, Eliezer Zeltser was born in Miskolc, Hungary, on 12th December 1928. He and his father were the
David Yonah, the son of Eliyahu and Boa-Ron Manta, was born in Tobruk, Libya in 1920. As a young man, during the North
Article from the London Jewish News, 24th April, 1998 Katrin Levy meets a sailor who had a unique perspectiveof the tragedy of the
2“FROM HENCEFORTH THOU SHALL HAVE WARS”Coffee Table volumes describing the events of a war are dryly written by Generals augmenting their pensions. They
The son of Eliezer and Miriam, Mordechai Shalom was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1925. As a youth he loved to read; so
In February 1948 a most senior and respected well-known member of the World Maccabi Union took me aside and asked me if I
written by his son John Burrows Jr. (Australia) Stationed in Palestine under the British Mandate, Johnny Dawson, a non-Jew, became one of a
