Jewish Marine League, Yermiyahu Halperin and Shlomo Meyerovitz, Lectures

01.01.1936 - 31.12.1936

Reference Code : HT 1 - 5

Archive: Jewish Marine League
Material status: Scanned
Date Type: Approximate

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Report by Yermiyahu Halperin on fundraising campaign he conducted. Describes difficult situation in Betar Naval School, Civitavecchia due to budgetary constraints. After consulting with Zeev Jabotinsky,
decision to conduct fundraising campaign in many ports (Netherlands, Belgium, France, England, Libya, Tunisia, etc.). Following Jabotinsky's approval of plan, change enacted - campaign would reach only as far as France. Halperin went to France to organize donations, met with many people (list included), and describes those meetings. Made connections with wealthy French Jews and collected significant sum - thirty three thousand francs.
Lecture in Yiddish by Shlomo Meyerovitz on activities of Jewish Marine League.