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Recording reference code : CS - 682/ 2
Description
Rishonei Etzel project.
Interview with Alexander Rafaeli.
Interviewer: Yoel Amrami.
Participant: Aharon Haichman.
Main topics:
Establishing Kadima and Betar Riga, training of Etzel members in Eretz Israel, Etzel activity in Hatikva neighborhood in Tel Aviv during the 1936 riots, organizing elections for 1935 Hatzach (New Zionist Organization) Conference in Vienna, fundraising for Hatzohar (Zionist Revisionists) in Liege and Antwerp, split of Etzel in 1940 and establishment of Lehi, Etzel operations in Yugoslavia, Poland, Scandinavia and Sweden in 1937, Zeev Jabotinsky position regarding establishment of Etzel, establishment of Americans for Israel, establishment of Committee to Rescue the Jews of Europe, relationship between Etzel and Hatzohar.