Etzel Collection, Latrun Detention Camp - Memoranda to Mandate Authorities
01.01.1941 - 31.12.1947
Reference Code : K 4 - 26/ 6
Archive:
Etzel Collection
Material status:
Scanned
Date Type:
Approximate
Attachments
k4\6\110491.pdf
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Description
Draft of memorandum from Latrun detainees to Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine, criticizing political rule in Eretz Israel and method of detention camps.
Memoranda to High Commissioner regarding search conducted among the Latrun prisoners that included abuse and thefts, criticizing confinement of detainees without trial, lengthening prison terms and issue of support for families of prisoners.
Letter from Latrun prisoners about lack of medical treatment in camp.
Draft of letter by Rabbi Yehoshua Gepstein, Rishon LeZion, to High Commissioner about his son's incarceration, Yaakov Gepstein (Agam).

