Olei Hagardom, Eliyahu Beit Tzuri and Eliyahu Hakim - Letters Related to them (Includes from 1951)
15.11.1944 - 19.01.1945
Reference Code : K 16 - 2/ 4
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Olei Hagardom
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Olei Hagardom - Etzel and Lehi fighters hanged by British rule.
Letters by Eliyahu Beit Tzuri and Eliyahu Hakim from prison in Cairo to their parents. Letter by Asher Levitsky to British lawyer in Cairo requesting assistance for Eliyahu Hakim. Photograph of internal British Foreign Office letter about need to execute Eliyahu Hakim and Eliyahu Beit Tzuri if found guilty of murder of Lord Moyne. Peter Bergson appeal to Lord Strabolgie, British Governor in Cairo and Prime Minister Winston Churchill to ease their punishment to a prison sentence. Testimony of Rabbi Nissim Ohana about his presence during hanging. Includes photograph of letter in Arabic to committee of Beirut Jewish community.