Atty. Max Seligman - Archives, Yehoshua Becker and Nissim Reuven Affair - Correspondence

18.01.1942 - 15.08.1946

Reference Code : HT 13 - 3/ 18

Archive: Atty. Max Seligman - Archives
Material status: Scanned

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Correspondence with British authorities and Yishuv individuals regarding technical arrangements related to trial and appeal, request for pardon and converting sentence to life imprisonment for Yehoshua Becker, claim for special treatment in jail for Yehoshua Becker who suffers from health problems and letter about Yehoshua Becker to Max Seligman. Petition from Kfar Saba residents to High Commissioner to mitigate death penalty imposed on Yehoshua Becker, who attempted along with Nissim Reuven to rob a bank clerk, and during pursuit killed two people.