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1 online resource : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part One: Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel -- Vienna Born, Bronx Bred -- The War Comes Home -- The Merchant Marine -- From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing -- Final Preparations -- The Irgun Had Other Ideas -- Bazooka Plant -- Part Two: Letters and Contextual Commentary -- The Bergson Group -- The Mission and the Crew -- Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea -- The Palestine Run -- Piracy on the High Seas -- Breakout -- Release -- Machal -- A Mercy Ship's Legacy -- Part Three: Henry Mandel Reflects -- Family and Brotherly Love -- Civil Servant and Union Activist. |
| Summary |
"A fantastical propaganda play depicting an armed revolt financed the purchase of the yacht Abril and its conversion to an "illegal" immigrant passenger ship renamed the Ben Hecht. The plan was to evade the British naval blockade and bring Holocaust survivor refugees to Palestine. Henry Mandel volunteered aboard the Ben Hecht, a converted yacht that challenged the British blockade of Jewish immigrants to pre-state Israel. Captured and detained in Acre Prison, Mandel aided the efforts of prisoners planning an escape. After release, Mandel helped set up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York, which he helped to reassemble in Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mandel was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel's story is explicated in a running commentary that includes the personal narratives of other members of the Ben Hecht crew as well as historical background"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Mandel, Henry, 1920-2015 -- Interviews.
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Ben Hecht (Yacht) -- History.
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Bergson Group.
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Jewish refugees -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century.
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Jewish refugees. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Zionists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Biographies.
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Merchant mariners -- United States -- Biography.
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Merchant mariners. |
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Zionists. |
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Palestine -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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HISTORY / Jewish. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Middle East -- Palestine. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Interviews.
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Biographies.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Flaks, Samuel, 1984- editor.
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| Added Title |
Conversations, letters, and memoirs of Henry Mandel |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Without permission Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021 9781644695944 (DLC) 2021041027 |
| ISBN |
9781644695968 electronic book |
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1644695960 electronic book |
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1644695952 electronic book |
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9781644695951 (electronic book) |
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9781644695944 paperback |
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