To Die or Conquer the Mountain
Recording reference code : CS - 586
Description
- Continuation of reading Matityahu Shmuelevitz statement at his trial in British military court .
- To die or conquer the mountain: radio program marking twenty-five years since hanging of Shlomo Ben - Yosef.
Story of Avraham Shein and Shalom Zurabin. Yitzhak Avrikent and Avraham Spitzman reminiscing about Ben-Yosef. Shalom Rosenfeld speaks about Betar units, its activity and ideology behind its establishment. Argument about restraint and breaking it. Activities of Ben-Yosef and his friends. Aharon Hoter-Yishai talks about the trial and sentencing. Struggle for life of those convicted: protests, prayers and fast days; Yosef Nedava speaks about efforts by Zeev Jabotinsky and Yitzhak Gurion in Israel to rescue Ben-Yosef. Yitzhak Ziv-Av on meeting of journalists with Ben-Yosef. Eli Tavin speaks about feelings in hometown of Ben-Yosef. Burial of Ben-Yosef in Rosh Pina.

