Unichman Shimshon, Correspondence with Jewish Deportation Camp in Africa

01.01.1946 - 31.12.1947

Reference Code : P 106 - 4/ 8

Archive: Unichman Shimshon
Material status: Scanned
Date Type: Approximate

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Shimshon Unichman's correspondence with Camp for Jewish Deportees in Africa:
Sections from letters from Eritrea by Unichman and Reuven Franco, about murder of Eliyahu Ezra, attacks by British on the deportees, slaughter in the camp, Arab Guard (Sudanese soldiers), requests for release and return to Eretz Israel, lists of packages, try-outs for sport emblem in the camp, detainees' relationship with camp authorities.
Also in file: letter from Commission to Aid Families of Jewish Detainees dated 6/2/1046 informing about transferring sports equipment, handiworks and funds.
Postcard "Year of Freedom and Redemption", belonging to the Jewish deportees in Kenya, from Rosh HaShanah Eve, 5708 (1948).