Without Permission : : Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel / / Samuel Flaks.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Flaks, Samuel,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part One. Interviews and Reminiscences of Jewish Illegal Immigrant Ship Ben Hecht Crewman Henry Mandel --; 1. Vienna Born, Bronx Bred --; 2. The War Comes Home --; 3. The Merchant Marine --; 4. From Gowanus Canal to Atlantic Crossing --; 5. Final Preparations --; 6. The Irgun Had Other Ideas --; 7. Bazooka Plant --; Part Two. Letters and Contextual Commentary --; 8. The Bergson Group --; 9. The Mission and the Crew --; 10. Atlantic Crossing to the Mediterranean Sea --; 11. The Palestine Run --; 12. Piracy on the High Seas --; 13. Breakout --; 14. Release --; 15. Machal --; 16. A Mercy Ship’s Legacy --; Part Three. Henry Mandel Reflects --; 17. Family and Brotherly Love --; 18. Civil Servant and Union Activist --; Epilogue --; Acknowledgments --; Selected Bibliography and Works Cited --; Index --; Illustrations
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781644695951; 9783110743210; 9783110743357; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754193; 9783110753974
• DOI: 10.1515/9781644695951?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Samuel Flaks.

Henry Mandel (1920-2015), a crewman aboard the Jewish Illegal Immigrant ship Abril/Ben Hecht, a prisoner in Acre fortress and a volunteer for the Israeli Army during the 1948 Arab - Israeli War, was an Orthodox Jew whose reminiscences provide a uniquely illuminating perspective on the creation of the Jewish state. Mandel smuggled in electric batteries to prisoners planning an escape from Acre Prison. After being released, Mandel helped set-up a secret bazooka shell plant in New York which was reassembled in Israel with his assistance as a foreign volunteer. Personal narratives of the Ben Hecht crew are complemented by editorial historical analysis.