Etzel Collection, Affair of Twelve Detainees in Bat Galim - Letters and Newspaper Items (including years 1958, 1968)

15.05.1948 - 29.06.1948

Reference Code : K 4 - 23/ 4

Archive: Etzel Collection
Material status: Scanned
Date Type: Approximate

Attachments

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Description

Letter from Provisional Government to Etzel Central Command in Eretz Israel, reporting on intention of British Army to release 12 detainees in Bat Galim on evening that British are scheduled to leave Eretz Israel;
Letter from British Army General Staff informing on intention to release the 12 detainees prior to British departure from Eretz Israel;
Letter in code from a Bat Galim detainee about prison conditions and possibility of escape and rescue;
Later newspaper items about incident of 12 detainees in Bat Galim.