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Page 6
At moments like these I am afraid I tended to become rather rhetorical . My
circumstances were forbidding : a small , bare room at night , my head shaven ,
my beard overgrown . I sat , helpless , facing the representative of an all -
powerful State ...
At moments like these I am afraid I tended to become rather rhetorical . My
circumstances were forbidding : a small , bare room at night , my head shaven ,
my beard overgrown . I sat , helpless , facing the representative of an all -
powerful State ...
Page 110
Out of his sympathy for " those things ” Mr. Ben - Zvi voluntarily endangered his
own freedom and livelihood . One curfew night a party of police , civil and military
, came to search the Savoy Hotel . They went from room to room , took all the ...
Out of his sympathy for " those things ” Mr. Ben - Zvi voluntarily endangered his
own freedom and livelihood . One curfew night a party of police , civil and military
, came to search the Savoy Hotel . They went from room to room , took all the ...
Page 341
That night I went out into Allenby Road . This was the first time for years that I had
taken a walk for the sake of walking . It was a distinct breach of the ordinary rules
of caution . Nobody came with me . Many might have recognized me .
That night I went out into Allenby Road . This was the first time for years that I had
taken a walk for the sake of walking . It was a distinct breach of the ordinary rules
of caution . Nobody came with me . Many might have recognized me .
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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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