Without Permission: Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel - Couverture souple

Flaks, Samuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1644695944 ISBN 13 : 9781644695944

Editeur : Cherry Orchard Books, 2021

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Samuel Flaks is a grandson of Henry Mandel. He is currently an attorney who lives in New York City with his wife and young daughter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cherry Orchard Books
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1644695944
• ISBN 13: 9781644695944
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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