Atty. Max Seligman - Archives, Affair of Detainees from Beit She'an - Correspondence with Authorities

23.06.1948 - 27.09.1948

Reference Code : HT 13 - 3/ 47/ 3

Archive: Atty. Max Seligman - Archives
Material status: Scanned

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Letter from five detainees from Beit Shean - Yaakov Meridor, Hillel Kook, Eliyahu Lankin, Bezalel Amizur, Moshe Hasson - criticizing their arrest, calling for their release and announcing beginning of hunger strike. Arrest order for Yaakov Viniarsky (Meridor). Max Seligman correspondence with chief prosecutor regarding detention and demand for release of detainees and publicizing whereabouts of detainees. Appeals to Ministers of Interior, Defense and Justice regarding lack of knowledge of where they are detained and demand to allow him to visit Hillel Kook (Peter Bergson) and Eliyahu Lankin. Requests to visit detainees. Treatment for Karkur detainees.