Etzel Collection, Conquest of Village of Deir Yassin - Testimonies (collected 1955 - 1957)

09.04.1948 - 10.04.1948

Reference Code : K 4 - 10/ 1

Archive: Etzel Collection
Material status: Scanned

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Testimonies:
Reuven Greenberg (Elchanan), Yehoshua Gordonchik (Elimelech), Yachin Ezra (Elnakam), Ben Zion Cohen (Giora), Eliyahu Levi (Aviel), Yehuda Lapidot (Nimrod), Yehuda Marinborg, and Raanan, concerning importance of attack on Deir Yassin, and course of battles until conquest (including testimonies about other battles in Jerusalem area).
Open letter to David Shaaltiel, formerly Hagana Commander in Jerusalem, from Mordechai Raanan, formerly Etzel Commander in Jerusalem, blaming him for refusal to send reinforcement forces to Deir Yassin as well as in other battles in Jerusalem area.