N.Z.O. Head Office, Eretz Israel, Correspondence About Prisoners in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Mizra, Atlit and Rehovot

04.09.1937 - 03.12.1940

Reference Code : G 10 a - 10/ 7

Archive: N.Z.O. Head Office, Eretz Israel
Material status: Scanned

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Hatzach - New Zionist Organization:
Correspondence with Chief Secretary and Police Command demanding release of Hatzach members from imprisonment; Letters to Hatzach administration about various prisoners; Prisoners' correspondence with Hatzach administration requesting aid to their families; Requests by prisoners' attorneys to lighten their sentences.
Letters from women held in Atlit Prison to High Commissioner requesting their release; Letter of encouragement to Vaad HaMurshim (Central Committee) of Hatzach Eretz Israel from Bialystok branch; Two telegrams of encouragement from Zeev Jabotinsky to Hatzach Eretz Israel.
Also in file: Statement from Jewish Agency about verdict on Hatzach members in prison; Memoranda about hunger strike in Atlit Prison and response from authorities; Form for signature on petition for pardon of Mordechai Ben Yaakov Schwartz who received death penalty; List of books collected for prisoners in Jerusalem prison.