43 Prisoners of the "Haganah" - Photographed banner. c - 1940

43 Prisoners of the "Haganah" - Photographed banner. c - 1940

An important poster containing the photographs of the 43 members of the Haganah behind bars, who were arrested and imprisoned by the British Mandate authorities in 1939 in a case that shocked the Jewish community in the land of Israel at the time. (In the middle row on the lef - Moshe Dayan).

During the events of the Great Arab Revolt in 1943, 43 members of the "Haganah" were arrested by the British police on charges of organizing underground espionage. In October 1939, British police officers arrived at a central training course for commanders of the "Hagana" ranks in Yavniel. As part of an attempted escape from the place, 43 members of the Haganah were arrested and taken to Acre Prison where they were interrogated and beaten. The verdict was given on October 30, 1939. Avsalom Tao was sentenced to life in prison, and his friends - to ten years in prison. During the entire prison term, the community leaders did not stop working for their release. On February 22, 1940, they were transferred from the Acre prison to the detention camp north of Acre, which was an open place and the conditions were better. With the improvement in relations with the British, and in view of the approaching front in World War II to Eretz Israel, all were released on February 17, 1941. Among the members of the "MG" were Moshe Dayan and Moshe Carmel, who even wrote a book on his imprisonment.

rare. The poster does not appear in the ephemera collection at the National Library.

Size: 25x21 cm. Slight tears on edges. Good condition.