King David Hotel Bombing; Bridge Across the Abyss; Testimonies on Activities of Etzel

Recording reference code : TP - 4

Event type: Testimony
Speaker: Begin Menachem,Paglin Amihai, 'Gidi',Slutsky Yehuda ,Avinoam Yitzhak (Yegnes Yitzhak),Alis Shraga (Haim Toit),Levi Israel, 'Gideon',Yaakobi David,Tzadok Yitzhak,Hai Adina,Ben-Yaakov Vardi,Ben-Dor Dan,Eliav Binyamin (Lubotsky Binyamin),Altman Arie,Raziel-Naor Esther,Shostak Eliezer,Gelbert Eliezer, 'Yoram',Baum Israel,Alper David
Event date - from: 01/01/1940
Event date - to: 31/12/1948

Description

- King David Hotel bombing: radio program on action and its impact on Jewish Resistance Movement. Participants: Menachem Begin, Amihai Paglin, Yehuda Slutsky, Yitzhak Avinoam, Shraga allis, Israel Levi, David Jacoby, Yitzhak Zadok, Adina Hai, Dan Ben-Dor, Verdi Ben-Yaakov.
- Bridge Across the Abyss: radio program on mediation efforts between Revisionist movement and Etzel and World Zionist Organization and Haganah on background of outbreak of World War II. Participants: Binyamin Eliav, Arie Altman, Esther Raziel-Naor and Eliezer Shostak.
- Testimonies of Etzel activities: Eliezer Gelbart and Israel Baum - raid on Camp Shmonim for confiscation of weapons and ammunition. David Alper - attempt to operate in Kfar Asa. Eliezer Libermantz - Etzel base in Petah Tikva, confiscation of weapons from Beer-Yaakov. Shlomo Vigodsky - Etzel foreign-language press department. Yitzhak Walker - fighting in Carkoor. Yitzhak Avinoam - Etzel field commander. Eliezer Matan - his activity as Etzel doctor. Shmuel Mosikat - failures of Etzel in London in Ernest Bevin. Yaakov Habel - his defection from British army, his detention and trial. Yaakov Rubin - struggle for military independence, establishment of Am Halohem. Shmuel Tamir - income tax office bombing in Jerusalem, act of confiscation of weapons in Camp Shmonim, Etzel broadcasting station.