Etzel Collection, Escapes from Prisons and Detention Camps - Lists, Testimonies (collected in 1957-58, 1986)

12.01.1945 - 30.06.1948

Reference Code : K 4 - 23/ 5

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

Attachments

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Description

Testimonies from Binyamin Nass (Zeev) about preparations to escape and digging tunnel in Jerusalem Central Prison by Etzel and Lehi prisoners, beginning 1948;
Testimony by Sarah Livni (Yael) about strike by women in Beit Lehem prison, transfer to Atlit prison and their escape;
Testimony by Arie Ben Eliezer about escape from Kenya detention camp, arrival in Djibouti, chase after him, his journey to France and integration into Etzel activity in Europe;
Shlomo Lev Ami testimony about escape from African camps, particularly his last escape;
Chronological list of escapes in Eretz Israel and from detention camps in Africa;
List of escapes from detention camps in Africa, names of escapees, description of some escapes - from pamphlet 'LeLo Kvalim' (Without Chains)
Newspaper article 'BaMachaneh' ('In the Camp'), about escapes from British detention camps in Eretz Israel and Africa (1996).