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Page 171
“Altalena” brought over a battalion of fighters. These young people were
overwhelmed with joy when they reached the shores of their Homeland. I saw
many of them kneeling and kissing the salt, damp sand on the shore. In my ears I
still hear ...
“Altalena” brought over a battalion of fighters. These young people were
overwhelmed with joy when they reached the shores of their Homeland. I saw
many of them kneeling and kissing the salt, damp sand on the shore. In my ears I
still hear ...
Page 244
While our fighters were ready to give their lives, we nevertheless had to try to
save them. We made no distinction between one fighter and another. When
Mattityahu Shmulevitz of the F.F.I. had been sentenced to death we proposed to
his ...
While our fighters were ready to give their lives, we nevertheless had to try to
save them. We made no distinction between one fighter and another. When
Mattityahu Shmulevitz of the F.F.I. had been sentenced to death we proposed to
his ...
Page 272
For a long time the Jewish fighters of the Irgun looked for that terror-camp and its
inhabitants, the sadists and the 'doctor.” Had we found the camp we should have
levelled it to the ground with explosives—but we never discovered where it was.
For a long time the Jewish fighters of the Irgun looked for that terror-camp and its
inhabitants, the sadists and the 'doctor.” Had we found the camp we should have
levelled it to the ground with explosives—but we never discovered where it was.
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Contents
THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU Revoir IN FREEDOM | 23 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Revolt: Story of the Irgun |
| Author | Menachem Begin |
| Publisher | H. Schuman, 1951 |
| Length | 386 pages |
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