Phillip Maisel and his sister twin sister Bella Hirshorn were born in 1922 in Vilnius and survived the war incarcerated in different camps. Phillip became a member of the partisan group, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye. Phillip was a good friend of Hirsh Glik who wrote the poem Zog Nit Keynmol (The Partisans’ Song). During this time, the…
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Robert Philpot is a writer and journalist. He is the former editor of Progress magazine and author of “Margaret Thatcher: The Honorary Jew.”
The Wedgwood arriving in Haifa, 1 July 1946. (Donated to the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa by Brigadier General Nir
Maor/ Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0)
Rabbi Abraham Klausner, hatless, center-left, with survivors in the displaced persons camp. (Courtesy Amos Klausner)
Yehuda Arazi with David and Paula Ben-Gurion in Israel. (Courtesy Orli Bach)
Famous photo of Avengers partisan group led by Abba Kovner. Kneeling in the front aiming his gun is Benjamin Levin. (public domain)
Children rescued from Nazi concentration camps in Europe arrive at the Atlit detention camp near Haifa in 1945. (GPO)