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

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Flaks, Samuel,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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